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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman
Don't the referees need practice on Thursday, too? Shouldn't they be overseeing the "simulated" matches which follow the same timing as regular ones and calling them per the rules? Shouldn't they be watching out for and pointing out examples of over the top hitting or visibly counting out pinning counts? Ya really shouldn't be leaving the determination of what is and isn't appropriate defense up to the teams on Thursday, especially when teams are attending their first events and haven't experienced anything like it before.
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I watched Team 48 practice and although it was definitely defense until the end of the round, I saw nothing I would call rough play. They have a right to practice their game during practice rounds, period.
On the other hand, it sounds like some sort of Refereeing to stop high speed ramming and tipping of robots during practice rounds is called for. In past years we have been the recipients of some nasty uncalled for high speed impacts in practice, these would be penalized in a regular round, they should not be tolerated during practice.