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Re: Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Does anyone else have any suggestions, or are we going to go back to flaming the refs?
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You're right - flaming on the refs is pointless and unfair.
My suggestion of allowing coaches to participate in rules discussion isn't intended to allow teams to beat up a referee. I think that even the most articulate student driver or team captain cannot be expected to get an adult referee to admit that a rule is being applied incorrectly. As part of GP, we expect our students to respect authority and somehow a student arguing with an adult appears disrespectful. Ultimately, the students will back down, no matter how right they are.
The issue at the SVR arises from a clear deviation from rule <G14> as written. This error was made multiple times, but no appeal was successful. It wasn't until the outcome of the finals hung in the balance that something was done to try to correct it. This is a very different situation than a judgment call (i.e. did my robot REALLY contact the other robot while hurdling).
When the rules are effectively being changed by referees (something that FIRST has already said is not appropriate), the process for appeal must be open and allow the teams (including coaches) to resolve before it gets out of hand.
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Last edited by David Brinza : 16-03-2008 at 15:05.
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