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Originally Posted by Jared341
Who is the head ref at VCU?
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My assumption is that it would be Lisa Evans, who is typically the head ref there.
I have attended many many events head reffed by Lisa during my tenure in FIRST, including the Washington DC regional a few weeks ago.
In my experience, Lisa has always made it abundantly clear how she's going to enforce the rules during the driver's meetings. She's stricter than some other refs, but definitely within reason (and definitely not the strictest I've encountered).
In DC she was somewhat strict with the red cards for entering the opposing zone, but she identified that as a major issue during the driver's meeting. Teams should have been prepared to be called on it. She specifically mentioned needing to have only one robot in the zone, even in cases where a robot becomes disabled or tipped (it's then the alliance partner's responsibility to get out).
She was strict on Friday in DC about ball incursions, but got much more forgiving on Saturday after seeing how it was impacting the game.
I didn't see the incident in question about the ball return, so I can't comment. However, I don't recall many DOGMA penalties in DC. Additionally, DOGMA penalties are automatically asigned by FMS, not the refs.