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Originally Posted by 1975Flyers
Typical sporting event. Refs let them play. The game gets a little more physical. Both sides feel like they are the one being wronged. Both try defend their actions and believe they can call out the other teams intentions.
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FIRST isn't a "typical sporting event". In my opinion, FIRST is thriving to become much more than that.
Even so, referees in FIRST and in sports are suppose to control the attitude of game play. Referees can lose control of a game if they don't call the rules as intended. FIRST created the game rules to reflect the spirit of FIRST, as they state in some of the rules (G14, for example). If referees aren't enforcing the rules correctly, the competition can get out of hand and devolve in to a competition that does not reflect the spirit of FIRST.