[Kevin Sevcik]

What I saw watching the VCU webcast was balls getting impeded by the chains hanging down in the goals. I saw a ball take atleast 10 seconds to roll past the chains at the bottom of the goal. If this happens during the autonomous mode or before that team goes on defense or the match ends, there's no way that ball is going to score. I realize there's a large technical challenge involved here, but having the scoring system so physically seperated from the goal in this game format means that teams are getting denied 3-pointers simply because the goal is slowing down the balls. However, since the only solutions involve changing the chains or covering the goal instead of turning off the counter, this isn't going to change this year. So I'll be planning on last second shots not counting for anything.