Week 1 Stats

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by TerryS

Has there ever been a case where there was a side of field bias at a tournament? It's possible that some subtle environmental factor like lightning, air currents (could affect tube throwing this year), crowd noise or maybe a undetected field difference could give a side of field advantage.

In most other sports the teams switch sides for half of the game.

I know at many regionals there is a huge side of field bias. Namely the projection screen often can only be viewed from one side of the field with out turning around. This was the case at Alamo this year, the Red Alliance always had the view of the projection screen so they could get score updates easier. The blue alliance coaches had to turn around to see the screen.

In the past I know that some regionals have attempted to fix this by placing a small monitor in the alliance station that could not see the screen.

I don't know how much this has ever really played into determining a winning alliance, it's just something I have noticed at many events.