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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
8. Those of you complaining about the quality of reffing, become a ref. I will do this next year as I have never reffed beofer and will now start. At Detroit, the reason the reffing is much better than other places I have witnessed is the refs are mostly involved with FIRST teams or are FIRST team alumni. We need to increase the talent level of the referees from within. We must become a part of the solution.
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If the mess at SVR has taught me one thing this year, is that I will apply to referee an event next year, regardless of where I am. I have seen the effects that a referee mistake can really do (and I don't think I've ever seen a more significant mistake than the one during the SVR finals), and I want to help change it. The first step, in my mind, is to referee during an event.