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Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil
FIRST is taking our rights away as mentors. My job is to make sure my kids are inspired and the program survives. I can't effectively explain to the kids what happened out on the field if I'm not allowed to talk to an official. I also can't explain to a sponsor why the team didn't do well at competition. I don't think FIRST had their priorities right when they thought this up: encourage animosity among students and leave mentors in the cold?
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I thought this was a great rule, actually.
For the most part, if a team member is going to get in a ref's face and start yelling, it's going to be an adult mentor. I think this really calms things down.
I know last year we were in situations where as mentors we were completely incensed, and it would have been very counterproductive for one of us to have been arguing with a ref instead of a student talking to them.