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Originally Posted by MattRain
There was not a violation of rules here. Read them. The fact that the refs did not want to replay a match to stay on schedule is just wrong....
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As quoted earlier in this thread, it would have been a violation of G14 to replay the match.
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Originally Posted by 2015 FTC Manual
<G14> Matches are replayed at the discretion of the Head Referee and only under the following circumstances:
a. Failure of a Field Element that was likely to have impacted which Alliance won the Match.
b. Loss of control of a Robot due to a VERIFIABLE failure of the tournament-supplied FCS computer, FCS software, USB Hub, or Gamepad that was likely to have impacted which Alliance won the Match.
c. Loss of control of all four Robots due to a failure of the Field’s wireless router that was likely to have impacted which Alliance won the Match.
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None of those events occurred, and therefore the head referee
could not replay the match according to the rules laid out in the 2015 manual. Video replays are not allowed as per <T1-a>, and there is no clause for "all the teams agree the call was blown". Whether or not there should be is a discussion unto itself, but there was no way for the head referee to grant a replay under the 2015 rules.
Having watched the match recording several times, I can understand how Red could possibly be seen as at fault for pushing Blue into a position where they tipped the goal, especially with the proximity to the End Game and because the goal was in the Blue Parking Zone. I have been the head referee for Colorado FTC for the last several years and I can't say that I know what call I would have made in that situation, it's an incredibly close call in an incredibly high-stress environment. OP, I'm sorry that this happened to your team and you feel slighted, but I don't know that the
unequivocally wrong decision was made.