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Re: Odd things the rules allow, and should probably be changed

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Originally Posted by 2789_B_Garcia View Post
We've never been told about fouls until after matches, and we've learned to sit tight and be ready to send someone into the question box after a match for clarification. Not every team has developed that practice...
At the very least, there would have been a ref waving a flag and pointing at the person committing the foul when they did it.

Depending on the game, it's sometimes possible for a ref to quickly say something to the person committing the infraction. Aerial Assist was a bit unique in that regard - it was so dependent on split-second entry from the refs that they had to stay at their tablets through the entire match.

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Originally Posted by 2789_B_Garcia View Post
at events you go to, do refs/field crews typically seek out teams during/after matches to talk about fouls? We do that for alliance partners, I'm just curious if event crews do that, also.
My personal approach as a head ref: if a team's behaviour during the match suggests to me that they don't understand the rules, or if they keep getting the same foul over and over, I'll try to make a point of talking to the team. Of course, the match schedule and everything else going on sometimes doesn't allow me to do this.

At least at the events I've been to (Ontario and Quebec), it's standard practice for the head ref to give the MC/game announcer a summary of all the fouls, and these get announced when the final match score is displayed. Do other areas not do this?