[mjgard]

These comm issues could have almost been predicted. In the early matches on Curie we got so far behind Thursday because of issues and they finally got it working smoothly. Trying to run only a few matches on Einstein without working out any issues by having practice matches on the field seems to be asking for problems. Another solution would of been to leave the Curie or Gallaleo field assembled until the end of the competition incase these comm issues occured they could have moved to a field that was not having the same problems earlier in the day and see if that would have solved the problems. Those fields were 90% apart by the end of the Championship when they could of been used as a back up once a problem was seen. A lot of possible issues could of been the problem, including the storm outside, but having another field as a back up might have been at least worth a try.

Something else to consider. With the large number of people and cell phones in the stands during the championships was there interference. I am sure many people had mobile hot spots running in the stands and others at least were using data. Could all of these signals caused a problem with the field?