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Re: Question on Referee / Scoring / Questioning Process

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Originally Posted by Jon K. View Post
Also of note, most head refs will track all technical fouls called, which team they were against, what rule they were for, and if they have room, what happened. However, like has been said previously, all refs are human. There is a reason FIRST does not allow regular fouls to be questioned. They are far too numerous and happen too fast to note down every one.
Actually, that restriction was removed for this year. Rule T13 allows questioning of rulings or scores in general.

Of course, the ability to ask a question doesn't guarantee an answer. As you pointed out, refs are human and there's a lot going on in the game.