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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
The piece you're referring to is never zip tied to the field - the hooks are used to hang it over the entrance to the field, allowing it to be quickly and easily moved to load teams and robot on/off the field.
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You are correct (and this has been confirmed by HQ...); zip tying the shield is not part a standard operating procedure used by FTAs or field reset. Sounds like I was getting that from anecdotal evidence of volunteers doing so on their own initiative. I'm surprised the velcro alone has not been more of a problem in the past.
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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
Regardless, it was the head ref's call and not something worth arguing about after the fact.
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It was the head ref's call, and it was final, but it was also incorrect. I refer you again to T16. How a broken field element that has affected the outcome of the match does not qualify as a broken field element that has affected the outcome in his judgment is beyond me. So while he is entitled to his judgment, I am entitled to my serious doubts about his judgment.
It does not seem very productive to quiet the issue. I am not asking for a recall. Never once did I complain about how this affected my team. Fortunately, we had already qualified for the Championship. But some other teams were not so fortunate, and were very adversely by several questionable decisions by the refs, for which they showed no accountability. And I never said that 967, with our help, should have won the Semifinals. The opposing alliance played some amazing defense, though I challenge anyone to tell me that playing 2 on 3 in this is not a severe disadvantage. But you're suggesting they didn't even deserve a fair shot. And when a team of that caliber that has worked so hard all season and lost their chance at qualification to poor officiation, that is
very unfortunate. It's not worth
not arguing about after the fact. This sort of thing is bad for FIRST and I would like for it not to continue.