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Originally Posted by kylelanman

This was due largely impart to the fact that the FMS did not allow the head ref or the score keeper to disable a robot without disqualifying them. If the bumper violation occurred early on in the match the head ref would go over to the player station and demand the team press or press the E-Stop button for the team. If the bumper violation occurred towards the end of the match the head ref did not bother to disable the robot because of the amount of time it took to walk over to the player station press the E-Stop button.

That is unreal. My understanding is that the head ref, under no circumstances should leave his post at mid field this year, especially with the responsibilities on the tablet there. I was pretty shocked to see him moving around the field. That said, obviously FIRST needs to make a real solution to this problem if that is indeed the case.