[Swan217]

Originally Posted by Lostmage333

Anyways, there were calls made that I disagree with, but that will always be the case. If they called it the way that I would agree with, then someone else would be displeased. My interpretation of the rules definitely has some differences when compared to your interpretation. The same applies to the judges. Even if they're trained, they cannot cover every aspect of the game. Some things just need to be called in the moment. It's impossible to have a solid definition for things like high-speed-ramming, herding of multiple balls, and such. Sometimes, the judges just need to do their best and make the call the way they see fit. Since judges at one competition are not the same people as judges at another, there's bound to be this difference... and some teams are bound to get burned by it. Unfortunately, that's part of life.

If judges were calling penalties at Detroit, then somebody should tell the refs, because it's concerning if they were doing the refs' job instead of Judging teams for awards .

Good news for Great Lakes - Most of the refs are veteran referees and half of them will have 3 regionals under their belts this year already. So if you were at Kettering or Detroit, you should hopefully see a LOT of consistancy.

If everyone could reflect on the vast amount official calls differ between games in hockey, or football, or baseball (and even between innings/periods), and then consider that those officials are actually getting paid for it and the game doesn't change from year to year, that'd be greeeeaaaat. Yeah.