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Re: signal from stands?

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
And then there was the one red card at Championships, which was at least partially due to audience reaction.
Are you sure about this? Perhaps we're thinking of different incidents. If you're thinking of SF2.2 on Galileo, Team 40 was given a red card for an intentional tip, they were not given a red card for their team's reaction to the tip. This explanation came straight from the head ref on Galileo to the student representatives from Team 1114, 217 and 148. The rumour that the DQ was for crowd involvement somehow has spread so far that it has been commonly accepted as fact. Unless there's more information that I'm missing, this is just not the case.
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