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Re: Uniform rules and enforcers?
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1) What does it take to be a referee/inspector? Usually a head referee or a head inspector is assigned to regional by FIRST. It is usually a senior FIRST or FIRST volunteer with years of experience. But every year the challenge is different or new parts are added to the kits. Volunteer training unfortunately is short. Volunteers already commit a lot of time, 3 to 5 days, to a regional event which is enormously valuable. People are taking off from work , school, and family time to help run FIRST. Imagine asking them to send 1 to 2 more days from work or home to train for refereeing or inspection. 2) Would some sort of entrance exam based on the rules of the game be a good ideal to ensure that refs all have a good understanding of the rules? Referees and inspector are trained but only occurring to the rules and guidelines FIRST gives them from their documentation. This become an disadvantage because the students, coaches and mentors playing the game knows more about the game's loopholes, misses, and problems than the volunteers who has to read thru 20+ team updates in a couple of hours. It is almost impossible for the Head Referee and his volunteers to keep up with all the possible scenarios that can occur during field of play. And Inspectors have to play detective, cop and negotiator with some team that push the rules- I have seen some teams intentionally violate rules and some teams just don't interprete the rules correctly. Last year FIRST asked for more Team members to volunteer will refereeing and inspecting. Tt is not perfect, it won't fix all the problems but a positive step for improvement. 3) If FIRST really wants to grow, wouldn't they need paid refs, just like real sports" organizations? No. I think this would go against the mission of FIRST. 4) Would random inspections be a good idea? Yes, and other teams have also helped by reporting violation to the inspector. Last year one team replace their whole front end which violated the weight limit by 15+ pounds; no respect for gracious professionalism. FIRST reflects LIFE, it's not perfect, but worth living. ![]() |
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