[Adam Shapiro]

Originally Posted by Cody C

I agree with you, but we didn't go past the black line and into the scoring panel... there was no mess up with the scoring. The team on the opposing alliance that was stationed beside the goal even said that we didn't go in...

You need to keep in mind that the opposing alliance, though well-meaning, was most likely very much occupied with their own robots at the time. That is the reason for the refs/volunteers in the first place. The penalty was called by a ref standing at the goal, and reinforced by Pika1579 who was the manual counter at that position and whose job it was to keep a constant watch on what went into and out of that specific goal. It is a hard call to make, and harsh penalty, but you must consider the possibility that they weren't wrong in the call.