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Re: Improving Officiating at FIRST Events

One incident that comes to mind regarding this was our first Semifinal match at Purdue.
As those who were there saw, 931 made an incredible shot, simultaneously dislodging the red ball and landing the blue on the rack. When the score was displayed, the bonus column for the blue was empty, and the red alliance had 2 penalties displayed. Red had won by 10 points. The crowd sees the missing 12 bonus points and starts chanting bonus.
The refs review the score, and it turns out the final score is correct, however, the bonus column had not been filled out, as this apparently doesnt factor in the calculation of the main score at the bottom.
However, the penalty column for the red alliance had gone from 20 to 10.

Well, this got the team all in a tizzy, reviewing footage, etc. I explained that the same thing had probably happened (top column being incorrect, bottom score correct) and they were having none of it.
We had no way to review whether or not the score was correct (other than replaying the match and attempting to calculate the score ourselves). I certainly had not paid enough attention to the penalties and scores to refute the ref's score.

Long story short, I dont necessarily think the refs made a mistake, however, a simple mistake in not proofreading the screen before posting it caused mass chaos for awhile in our pits..
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