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Originally Posted by Valley Raider
<G22> has caused 1000's of points in penalties. And I have not seen a single team intentionally drive backwards. I think if this rule had been examined more before the game was created this could have been avoided. That was the point I was trying to make.
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The problem with your logic is you assume that the rule wasn't analyzed. The "G22 Issue" wasn't even viewed as a problem until the first scrimmages. And it was only through game play that it was, or could be discovered. So the question here is would you want a major rule change after build season? As you stated in your posts one of your biggest complaints is major rule changes.
Now I personally don't think there is any problem with G22. If drivers took that extra second to be careful (or just make sure there is space in front of them before they move forward) there would be no G22 penalties.
As for your statements about referees I will restate what has been said in other threads. Referees are volunteers, and they do make mistakes. It is not that big of a deal most of the time the mistakes get fixed. Even though it sucks to get penalties called (or not called for that matter) you have the same likelihood of getting a good or bad call as everyone else at the event. As someone who has been a ref and a head ref it is extremely difficult to manage everything going on in the game and until teams decide not to break the rules flags will continue to be thrown. I know you are still in High School but when you get a bit older I urge you to go referee and event and see if your opinions of them stay the same.
Along with that last fact, complaining about the process doesn't accomplish anything. What you need to do is graduate high school and then start volunteering at events to get involved in the process, as it is only through action will anything change. If you think the refs are bad then become one, if you don't like the game design process go work for FIRST when you graduate college. Until then rest assured that the GDC and Referees and the rest of FIRST do the best they can in the time they have to provide a quality program which is ultimately the point. I highly doubt you could honestly say that your negative experiences with one or two minor rules changed the long term benefits you got from this program.