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I have had experience with refs making the wrong call, effecting the winner of the match in 2014. I was driving for 3324, the Metrobots, in the semi-finals against 16. In the first match, 16 won, but we put up a good fight. In the second match, I actually managed to defend enough against them to win that match, however, they went to the judge's table afterward, and somehow convinced them that we cheated/broke a rule, so they redid the match entirely, when video evidence would have proven we did nothing wrong. The third (second official) match, 16 won, and our season was over. I am still extremely proud of beating mentor built, swerve drive with pneumatic shooter, with a student built mecanum drive with a sketchy kicker, and it's really unfortunate to not even acknowledge officially that we won that match.

That being said, I still think video evidence should not be shown to refs. If a video proves a ref wrong, people begin to trust the ref less and less, just ensuring more drama and chaos. I know the feeling of refs making mistakes, and it is extremely frustrating and makes you hate the system at the time, but it's really the most logical thing to do. Videos don't always show what happens, such as a drawbridge blocking a view, so it can and will just bring up more controversy.