[S.P.A.M.er 17]

I wanted to comment how I feel the bar may impact ref'ing. As a ref for a week two event, I feel like there are two ways I could handle keeping score for an alliance. *Note: refs do not have the ability to undo ending a cycle*

A.) Have a itchy scoring finger: This ensures the second a ball is through the goal, and *scored,* the next cycle can begin. But what if that bar hits the ball back into play. Now a new cycle is started, and the first ball was never scored. The ref now is to blame.

B.) Patience is key: Not wanting to mess up, you will always have to make sure the ball is completely scored before ending a cycle. This means the ball crosses the plane, wait a second. The ball hits the bar, wait a second. Ball bounces around on the bar for a bit, wait two seconds. Finally, the ball falls off the bar, END CYCLE. While its true that no field fault occurred, it came at the expense of play time for an alliance.

Either way, this bar will be playing psychological games with refs, something I am not looking forward to. Hopefully it will be more clear when on the field, but from the videos, it was never 100% when the ball would be accepted or not.