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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
Show me a sport where this never happens, where fans never BOOOO the refs, or feel like they have been robbed?
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I always thought the great thing about FIRST was that it wasnt a sport..
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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
Shall we talk about mentors setting the example?
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I think it's great Travis made this post. There has been controversy about this rule going around these boards and elsewhere. Obviously, many people are upset about these inconsistent calls. But what is this in the eyes of FIRST? To me it would just seem like a whole mess of sour high school kids complaining because they didn't win. I love everything the great mentors of FIRST have done for us, and appreciate it immensely; without you guys none of us would even have this opportunity. But at the same time, its the kids who pour their hearts and souls into this.. its their game. While an unbiased, unaffiliated adult may take these "bad" calls with a grain of salt, saying its just a part of the game, a student who has devoted everything they have into this robot is going to take it a little more seriously. And it will be their quest to fix the problem that will result in something good. Maybe this will be a rule change, or better referee training.. but hopefully it will be that no one else has to get their heart broken the way he/she just did.
A perfect example of this is Ted Boucher from team 237. In the 2nd round of finals at the NJ regional, his team clearly won the match, but was forced to replay the match after a communications error, and it cost them the regional. While a bit bitter at first, Ted quickly got over the loss and moved his attention from his pain in losing to trying to make sure that what happened to him never happened to anyone else again, ever. I think this shows true maturity on Ted's part, and I salute both Travis and Ted for their cool handling of the situation, and great understanding of the teenage mindset.