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Originally Posted by gp2013
Jason that is the problem. This was the second robot to get knocked over at the event. No red card on the first. Also fouls were clearly called MUCH more heavily on one side of the field than the other and we raised this issue with the head ref twice... We asked them to rotate refs. No. We also had an issue where a mentor from another team asked one of our students to help him grieve a call. The ref was respectful while the mentor was there but left mid explanation to referee the next match. When he returned after match play the mentor had left. At this point the ref was rude and dismissive to our student who was still waiting for the rest of their explanation of the call.
I am not saying that these things were unfair against us per se. Just that they were unfair. Winning is not the issue. Fairness is. As head refs are understandably hard to come by FIRST would rather allow unfair play than "micromanage" their head refs. Their comment not mine.
We would rather FIRST pay for refs and ensure fair play for the students and mentors across....
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Sorry to hear you feel that things were unfair. In 14 years of FRC it has been my experience that the quality of reffing is at least as high as in any other sport, professional or amateur, that I have observed. Do people complain? It's probably not a sport if people don't complain about refs. Don't even get a Canucks fan going about the non-calls in the Stanley Cup finals against Boston!
In general, if you leave it up to the refs to decide the match, you let it get too close.
Jason