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Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck
As a field volunteer on the blue side, we were told that all balls that were "misfired" over the top of the player station, were supposed to be dropped into one of the bags for the human players. If the balls were shot over the side walls, they were supposed to be thrown back into the field of play. I personally can't speak for the red side, but on the blue side, I guarantee you thats how I returned the balls, and I was there for 95% of the matches.
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I was a field volunteer on the red side, doing exactly the same thing as DJ. I was also told that any ball fired over the players station was to be put into the bag closest to the point where the ball crossed over the players station. (So, if it crossed over the right side drivers, it would go in the right side bag) I was on the red side doing this for all but like 6 or 7 of the qualifying matches at the end of the day on Friday. I can tell you for a fact that the red side was doing our job correctly as to what we were told to do. I also noticed the red side advantage and dismissed it as coincidence.
I am also with Elise on this one. There were a lot of people on the red side at all times to retrieve balls, so this was done very quickly and accurately. The blue side was lacking at times in regards to volunteers and just people in general to throw the balls into the bags on the blue side. Once there were enough people on both sides, we basically eliminated the bias. If you notice, during the elim rounds, there were a lot of people there, and no bias towards one side or another.