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Originally Posted by BeltSanderRocks
While I understand what you are saying, FIRST refs are volunteers. High school, college, professional, and sometimes even little league sports refs are paid. Screaming at the refs is definitely not how we want to tackle the problem of inconsistent calls.
We should be thanking the refs for volunteering, not shouting at them for missing a call.
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I know I'm beating a dead horse at this point, and i know they are volunteers, but to be a referee, it's an arduous process. You have to take a referee's test, get trained by FIRST, and have to have experience. Referees are volunteers, but because of the rigors of getting that position, I expect them to fully implement the rules. I will be angry when 2 elimination matches are blown by bad ref calls*. I expect these volunteers to be prepared fully to referee and call every foul consistently.
Trust me, i know what it's like to be a referee. While not on the same scale, i reffed for FTC local qualifiers. it's a tough job, but I spent at least 6 hours preparing for the job and made sure to call everything that I could possibly see, so the competition was fair. I expect every referee to be trained properly and well versed in the rules and any exceptions made in the Q&A.
*Our team could've done better in the match, and when I look back on it, that's certainly the case, but it still stands that G30 was not called once when it was infracted upon at least 3 times in one match, a climb that was legal was ruled illegal, and another climb that was illegal was ruled legal.