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Originally Posted by Foster
I don't have a dog in the fight, but I can see people coming out of the shadows saying "well we had a bad call in Qual 21 and we would have won and that would have moved us up 7 spots in the ranking and the number one seed would have chosen us and we would be going to worlds...."
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The difference is that in Qual 21, the head ref would have been the one that made the call, the team could have gone to the question box, and things would have been addressed then. When things come straight from HQ (like in Orlando and SVR), it is a little different. You do not get a chance to argue your point; the facts are given to HQ (by someone who might not have the facts completely straight) and then the gavel comes down to give the decision.
HQ calls were made in both situations, and in SVR's case, it was acknowledged as a mistake and remedied (A wildcard handed out, and a change in the backup coupon system). I would like to see something similar happen for Orlando. Not necessarily a wildcard being distributed, but FIRST acknowledging something went wrong, and how the plan to prevent it from happening again (as D.Allerd and Travis said).