Some thoughts on rules, refs, and ranking

[EricH]

Originally Posted by alex334

How would you feel if they allowed video references during elimination?

To what (or more particularly, to whose)? Do you refer to the team videos, if they can be brought from the stands quickly (and which you can almost guarantee are in favor of the team), or to the webcast video (which in 9 cases out of 10, will be pointed elsewhere or not have the quality needed), or to some other video point? When you can define more fully where the video to be referenced is coming from, I can answer that question.

Sam: If you could prove your point using the footage available, should that not count?

Not if the ref can't look at video (or rather is not supposed to). Referees will not look at video in a question--that's in the Manual, Section 5.

In general: It seems that these problems are widespread. A solution would be great.

I think the main problem here is in interpretation, not in the rules or even necessarily the particular refs. Interpretation is a tricky thing to get both correct and consistent. There may not even be a solution.