[waialua359]

"The greatest disappointment to me, however, was the incosistent or lack of refereeing on the Curie field. "
I hate to tell you this, but its been like that for a WHOLE lot of regionals than just Curie at championship.
Ex. #1: robot in starting position must be behind white line but not necessarily the keeper being held. Referees in two regionals we attended enforced it exactly the opposite.
Ex. #2: Our arm broke in a NJ regionals finals match. Where was that 3 second rule?
Ex. #3: Ramps cannot be deployed outside the home zone and exceed the 72 x 72" rule. Why were penalties not consistently called?

The responsibility of understanding game rules MUST apply to referees also as much as they hold teams to it. Referees like in sports dictate behavior in matches being played. Simply stating a rule is not enough.