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Originally Posted by seg9585
I'm not asking for a "new" question box for mentors to argue and complain about unfair fouls. I'm asking for a resource where teams can discuss, or possibly seek appeal, for very strong field decisions such as red cards and disqualifications, possibly from a lead ref who's not as busy watching matches.
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At champs, this might be feasible. There were some strong volunteers floating between fields that easily could take a look at some of these situations.
I think the problem here is the events try to keep the same staffing at each event. There's a LRI at each regional and the same at each division for champs, etc. If we have this extra ref at champs, we'd expect to have the same role at regionals.
At that point, we run into a new issue. Some events are flowing with volunteers. Others struggle to find enough volunteers to staff an event. I helped with an event this year that didn't have enough refs to handle the event until a few days prior to it kicking off. These events would struggle to add the extra individual. I'd stress patience in this respect. There's going to be some downtime for the ref. Sooner or later, a team will struggle to connect to the field. While the FTA is running around trying to resolve that, the ref has some time. Let them know you're willing to stick around to have the conversation and understand they're wearing several hats. I doubt many will blow you off if you try to work around their other duties.