[Mike Betts]

The battery falling out is a violation of <S1> and <S4> and should have been dealt with as such. Period.

Having said that, I'd like to caution that these things happen in a virtual blink of an eye. There have been other threads in which Monday morning quarterbacks have also commented on spot decisions made by a field official (example: An FTA stepping onto the field during a match) which seem to go against the "normal" order of things.

However, this was not a "normal" year. There were incredible pressures put on many event officials due to the poor decisions of a few over the last few months.

Was the decision wrong? Yes. But please temper your responses until you have walked in their shoes.

JMHO,

Mike