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Originally Posted by Macktack
Second, I find it to be quite frankly stupid to have a system where you have 6 refs and 6 robots but each ref is supposed to watch more than one robot at a time. As far as I know, there isnt much going on on the field unless there is a robot involved, which begs the question, why isnt each ref assigned one of the six robots to watch for that match? I have been asking myself and others this question for years and I have yet to hear a strong argument for why this wouldnt work.
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The main reason that I can think of that this isn't done is that the robots are going all over the field and you can not always see with great clarity what is happening in the opposite corner. Normally they have one ref per quadrant plus the head ref, then in the more complex years, like this one, they add a 5th ref to help watch a specific part of the field that is likely to get a lot of action.
The one thing I will say with everyone coming out and attacking the ref's is that you need to remember that your vantage point is different than theirs and that the rules state that if a ref is unsure they should NOT award the cross. This comes in to play most for the sally port and for the robots that cross "just enough" then back-up to cross again.