[EStokely]

Ok this comes about as we were running a FLL regional and watching the ref's score the field and then get "buy in" from each team. They were shown the score as the ref saw it and they ( for the most part) accepted it. When there was a rare discrepancy it was usually a miscounted part that took all of 2 or 3 seconds to either re add or explain.

Whats my point relative to FRC? Scoring.
I can think of at least three times on teams I have coached where the score was just flat out wrong. i.e. we added the numbers, our partners added them, the other teams added them and we all walk back to the pits 'knowing ' who won only to find out as the next match is starting that a key part was counted for the opponents.
Granted this usually happened in the first few matches of Friday but we all know that ref calls are final, even when they are wrong. And when you only get 8 or 9 runs Every One counts.
(Let me add something here. I think that the folks that volunteer to be a ref are made from special stuff. They are overall great people that are just trying to do the best that is possible. I am just looking for a way to have accurate scores recorded)

So to address the problems that may come up let me keep going here.
1) There isn't enough time to get all 6 teams to agree on the score.
While I actually disagree with this statement a fairly easy fix could be to have each alliance pick one team to have one person represent the alliance to initial the score at the end

2) There STILL isn't enough time even with the one rep per alliance idea.
Well what's worse? inaccurate information of an extra 25-30 minutes to deal with. I would rather have 8 matches where I knew the score was right than 9 where "ref calls are final" are all I can get in reaction to a complaint.

3) What if there is a major argument about the score and a team refuses to initial their side?
Well this is exactly why I want to do this. Over all (last years game not being typical) the score is very straight forward, "7 balls here, 2 robots there..." and a few moments should clear up any misconception. And ultimately the ref call IS final.

I suspect I could come up with more cases but I wanted to get some reaction to the idea. If I am wrong about this I know I can be shown the light. If I am right...well there has to be a first time.