[Kpchem]

The teams all agreed that it was the wrong call, but I did not see any statement from the OP that the referees said that they made the wrong call. If the referees had agreed they made the wrong call, the call could have been reversed.

I know that my profile says FRC, but I am saying all of this as someone who has been the head referee for FTC in Colorado for the last three years. I have read the rules a few different times.

My uncertainty stems from the interaction that the RED robot has a few seconds before the BLUE robot tips the goal. I'm not trying to argue that red was touching blue, but they may have contributed to it tipping. As I stated earlier, I don't know what call I would have made at the time if I had been in the referee's shoes.

I know the stakes, I know that it was an important match. But it's not a grey area for the referee. The instances where a field replay can occur are clearly laid out in G14, and the referees being unclear on a cal or making the wrong call is not one of them.

I agree this is all for the kids, but I disagree with saying that we can arbitrarily change the rules just because a controversial call is made.