[MrTechCenter]

We had quite an issue during this match of ours this morning. I am excluding as many names from this as possible, so please don't ask. We had two good alliance partners, and we expected a really close and tough match with lots of defense on our alliance. We did in fact get a ton of defense. But just after we got our alliance's missed auton shots cleaned up, we raced down the side of the field to get to the corner by the low goal to receive an inbound, on the way, an opposing alliance robot hit us, causing the field's side panel that covers the field's entrance/exit point. We thought that would cause a field reset right then and there, but we kept playing as we didn't see a signal for it. The cover was in our inbound spot so we couldn't inbound from there. Then, the ramp that folds up behind the covering fell, being partially in the field. Again, no signal was made for a field reset. The ref in front of that gate was pointing at it and looking over to the head ref to see what to do. Nothing. Shortly after, when that corner of the field was clear, the ref reached into the field of play during the match to lift the ramp up. With about 45 seconds left in the match, we were neck and neck with the opposing alliance. The same thing happened at the opposite end of that zone, the cover came off. This time, one of our alliance partners' bumper was caught on the hook as it flew off. Their bumper was ripped off and their robot was disabled. After the cover was off of their bot, it came in our path and we got caught on it. The hooks we're stuck in our chains and we tried to shake it off but instead we just got a hold half set of ruined wheels. Having two of our bots immobile left plenty of room for the whole opposing alliance to play defense on the one robot from our alliance that was still alive. We lost the match. After the match, I immediately went to the question box to ask why there was no reset. The head ref was unsure of wether or not a reset should be called and consulted someone who was not refereeing at the event for if that situation should present a reset. He said that per the rules, a reset will be issued if the head ref determines that the problem affected the outcome of the match. The head ref decided that it did nt affect the outcome, even with more than 30 second on the timer and being very per in score. They completely disregarded the first covering falling off and the head ref based their decision solely on the second covering falling off. We were waived off without an argument. We went to higher personnel to see if something could be done and we were told that the chief referee would be told and they could possibly review it. Towards the end of the day, when we returned to follow up, the higher personnel that we talked to said that they THOUGHT they talked to the chief referee and they said that there would be no replay. Absolutely no explanation was given for this decision, not were we able to talk to the chief referee ourselves. We share this because we believe that circumstances such as this should not happen, especially at Championships. All we asked was a fair chance to play the match. What we got instead was a huge safety hazard, a destroyed drivetrain, and a loss.