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I know that at So Cal last year, a few of us went over the rules with the head ref Friday morning. He had obviously read the rules, but as we have seen, FIRST has had a diffcult time with the clairity of their rule writting. He had questions about when a 'rover' on top counted and when it didn't, with touching other 'rovers' and so on. They were very intelligent questions, but it seemed he had done nothing but read the FIRST rules. So there are two sides to this. By not having been involved, there isn't any bias, but then again he hasn't seen the precidents for the rules that had been set the previous weeks. That said, I've never seen anything resembling bias on the part of the refs.
Inspections, on the other hand, are a much more open to interpretation. For example, there can be no sharp edges. What is a sharp edge? What I was told would be a good thought would be to use the palm of my hand across it. Diffrent inspectors will think diffrent edges sharp.
Some things are obvious, motor count, types of motors. Duct tape can not be used as a fastener but it can, however, be used as a non functional decoration. (Covering sharp edges is not nonfunctional)
Also, in response to the to many motors, I keep hearing "I've heard that teams used to many motors" but have never seen this, nor heard anyone be able to confirm this. That would delagate it to the rumor mill, and there it should stay.
Wetzel
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Ask me about my inspections.
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