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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

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Regardless, it was the head ref's call and not something worth arguing about after the fact. Per section 5.5.3:
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Perhaps not worth arguing about, but its worth discussing. I'll admit I do have a certain bias, but I struggle to see how this doesn't qualify as a Arena Fault given that it is broken field element (the shield came off), and it most certainly affected the outcome. If we don't talk about it after the fact how can we learn? The piece of the field border they caught on does not have to hang loose, since the velcro was not enough in this case then stronger measures need to be taken to secure this piece of the field border. I don't expect the head ref to come on Chief Delphi and say he changed his mind, but if there is some way to prevent this in the future, then it is absolutely worth discussing after the fact.

If something like this happened on Einstein I doubt you would say that the head ref's call is final and we shouldn't talk about it.