This is, in fact, automated within the FMS (to an extent). The referee panels have a button which says end cycle. This is pressed when a ball is scored, and triggers the FMS to calculate score based on possessions and assists, and light up the pedestal among other things. There is something, somewhere in systems which is causing delays. I ref week 3, but I am told that there is a noticeable delay between the ref panels being touched and them accepting the input.

So basically, this appears to be a software issue, and hopefully will be fixed in time for week 2.