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Re: Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals

I think a large portion of the issue this year is the complexity of the rules. At kickoff a student on my team said to me, "Dude how hard can this be? All we have to do is go straight and turn left." My first impression was the game will never play out this simply but, at least the rules should be straight forward.

I've studied the rule books for the last three years and I've never seen rules as complicated as this year. It seems as if the rules were not as concrete as previous years. In 06 and 07 I can remember the rules being so straight forward that just about anyone could ref the matches. The only clear inconsistency I could ever remember was how certain refs would call defense; I know personally in one match I drove last year I should have gotten a penalty or two but they were never called.

This year's rules are far to complicated. When it comes down to matches where people are debating whether or not their robot has crossed the plane when the smallest portion of their 'bot moved onto the line; it's time for a new rule. I think that I am most furious about the now infamous SVR Final Match three. The call was so wrong that anyone who was watching the web casts or saw a picture could tell it was wrong, yet refs who are feet away from the field and who can inspect the field after the match can't make the right call. I think there needs to be a massive rules clarification before week 5 (may be to late to do for week 4) and if not week 5 the championship.
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