Thread: Regional-specific rules, etc., and do the referees read the rules?
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Re: Regional-specific rules, etc., and do the referees read the rules?
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Originally Posted by Cory
More like, whoever FIRST can get to sign up.

Many people who are on teams right now signed up to ref at events other than where their own team was competing. Lots of these teams are probably going to nationals, meaning FIRST has already lost a large pool of qualified individuals.
I was a ref at the championship in 2003 after the team I was with at the time, 1062, was unable to qualify for and attend the "big event." I will volunteer to ref again at nats in the event that my team does not attend. From my experience, the regionals are the events where refs would be harder to find. At least I have not been in a position where I would be available and willing to ref a regional. Of course, if someone would pay my way to a regional which my team was not competing in, I'd do it.
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