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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
It's only slightly different from the more common scenario where they Blue Alliance thinks they've scored enough points to pull off the win, only to lose by 2 points because something. The only difference is a few more minutes of the Blue Alliance thinking it's won. Are you people really arguing that we should give people passes to Champs because they're disappointed and totally thought they should have won the competition?
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Full disclosure: I am an alumnus of one teams involved, FRC 360. My opinion is my own, and in no way associated with my former team. I watched the webcast on Saturday and saw only what was shown there. Finally, I understand that as someone with an association with these teams I cannot be totally unbiased in this situation.
I believe the point being made here is not that the blue alliance "thought they had scored enough points" or thought that they should have won. It was the fact that it was announced to everyone in attendance that the blue alliance had won the regional, and the correction to the score did not come until 15 minutes later. While some alliances may think that they'd won a match, and therefore the regional, this was not just an assumption the teams had made - they were told that they had won. I believe that is why people are arguing that the alliance should be given a pass to Championship, because they were officially told that they had earned one and later had it taken away.
I also want to echo Frank in saying thank you to the volunteers at this event for coming forward and revealing what happened. I know how hard it must have been given the circumstances, but it was definitely the right thing to do. Thank you, and I hope that you continue to work with FIRST in the future.
Please know that I am not trying to argue in favor of anything, given my association with the situation. I just wanted to attempt to clarify what is being said in this thread.