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Originally Posted by Swan217
In addition, there aren't any crosstabs available, but all of this is covered under "The usual caveats... apply" paragraph stating that this is NOT a scientific survey. But you don't "tease" this sort of data unless you're trying to quell some serious dissent in the ranks. This is evident in the "burden placed on our volunteer referees" comment, which has to be the largest understatement of the month.
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The only way to quell serious dissent in the ranks is to implement meaningful change.
c.f. Einstein 2012
This is worse. Ain't just 12 teams denied the appropriate opportunity to shine to their full potential. And is this not a similar situation, where the governing body, via their inaction and/or incomplete attention to design detail, failed to sufficiently catch and address significant flaws that ended up adversely impacting teams? I see no difference here, except instead of wireless communications hardware/firmware, we're talking referee->field interface hardware/software, game/foul rules, and referee training and preparation, and we're talking a significantly greater number of teams impacted.
FIRST took very proactive and well-received steps to correct the Einstein 2012 situation. I expect NO LESS from them in addressing this current situation.