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Originally Posted by Libby K
The precedent at Mt. O was that the pedestal not lighting up correctly was an arena fault, and several matches in qualifications were replayed because of this. That's what Alliance 2 contested in the QFs, and one of the affected matches in the series was replayed. (QF 3-2 and 3-3 were both affected by pedestal issues, but since we didn't make it known in 2 -during- the match, it was not replayed. We made the field crew aware of it in 3, and QF 3-3 was replayed for that arena fault, overturning the series.)
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However Libby, I hate to say that the reffing was not consistent with this. A 10 to 20-second pedestal delay affected our alliance in Semifinal Match 1-3, and one of the refs even said during the match to end it and replay it. However, the match went on (I guess the head ref maybe didn't see him? I don't know), and after our student drive coach went to the question box after the match, the head ref said, in short, "Too bad, we're not going to replay it, and if you had taken the ball off of the pedestal when it was not lit up but it should have been, I wouldn't have fouled you." How on earth we were supposed to know that though after other alliances had been penalized for touching the ball too early without the light on beforehand, I do not know. This was very upsetting, especially with the similar events prior matches resulting in the opposite, more logical course of action.
With all of these replays and scores changing after their displayed, I offer a suggestion: Show the score to the drive teams first. Then let them try to plead with what they may. After all things are
finally worked out, then put them on the screen for the rest of the audience and the webcast to see. It would make it so much less dramatic.