[Steve W]

This is another example of people not knowing the rules and making their own up on the fly. There should have been a robot shutdown and a penalty for exceeding the max robot size. This was questioned immediately by those watching the webcast and should have been a simple decision for a head Ref with as much experience as he has. That said, the FTA should never be involved with the match once it starts and if the decision was made by the FTA then FIRST should be training them a bit better.