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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54
Emphasis mine. I don't see any way this could be argued to have not been a possession. The robot launched the ball because the ball doesn't come out without the spinning rollers, which are a mechanism in motion relative to the robot, and the ball is definitely going in a desired direction to a desired location.
I think the more likely scenario is that the ref missed it because it happened so fast. Alternatively, another possession zone could have been missed, although that is unlikely since 51 took it and scored it. Even though no penalties were called, the referee that would have been watching your possessions may have had his/her attention elsewhere watching a situation that ended up being a no-call.
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Having watched the original video, and having called possessions along with Gregor, I know this was a point of discussion for us as well. We agreed that if the rollers were going that it should be called a possession; however, in some of the robots I saw, it almost looked like the ball was being inbounded directly through the frame of the robot. We agreed to call it as possession, but I could easily see how a ref would not call it, as if the ref isn't familiar with your design, it may look as the ball passed through by mistake rather than intent.