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Originally Posted by CraigHickman
Refereeing a competition as high profile as this should not be left to volunteers. Period. When teams pay that much, work that hard, it's not too much to suggest that they'll actually play the game that they built the robot for.
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How much are you going to pay? What would any amount of referee pay get for teams? I don't assume you're willing to pay enough to make this a full=time job. You can't just say, "We'll pay them to be good." Being paid doesn't create good refs. Even if you would offer $1000/ref/competition, that's not enough to get someone to devote their life to being an FRC ref. They would only be part-time employees, and could only devote part of their limited time to learning how to referee in FRC. Which is what the current dedicated volunteers do. Would you rather have a staff dedicated to doing their best for the teams, or a paid staff dedicated to making money?
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The Blue Alliance should be given an invite to Atlanta,
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I agree completely.
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and both them and the red alliance should be offered a discount on their playing fees.
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Why? Were the teams so scarred by this that they have to be compensated? The GDC should review this Monday morning. FIRST should be making phone calls to the teams Monday afternoon. There should only be funding involved if there are additional shipping costs (e.g. rerouting the crates).