[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

I would like to see a video that includes the usual pre-match "thumbs up" to the head referee, usually given by all referees and the FTA. Neither of the yellow card violations can be seen in any of the videos I've found so far*, and I could not see them from Section 125 either.

What I did see was the red alliance outrunning and outgunning us, while we committed several fouls and missed the capture. We were clearly outplayed.

As Jared said, this was a tough situation for the referees. Over the season, Stronghold found out many weaknesses in robot design, in game play strategy, and especially in durability -- both of the robots and of the field. In this match it found out another weakness -- in the rules themselves.

Generally, the remedy for pre-match infractions is to correct the situation before starting the match. In this case it appears the match was lost on cards before it even started.** That can't be what FIRST wanted.
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*Linked earlier in this thread, and on TBA.

**I am going with some earlier posts in this thread stating that the yellow cards were for entering the field early (G2) and tethering without express permission (G10). While some red alliance drive team members did touch controls during auton, it appeared to me they were just picking them up after a blue robot shook the castle wall, causing them to fall. This is allowed for operator console safety per G14. Please correct me if you saw something different.

Listen again to the end of the video in your quote. The second yellow card was was for touching the controls during autonomous. The match was not lost when it started because the second yellow card had not happened.