2014 Inland Empire Regional

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in QF-1 Replay, 1678's alliance held up a DEAD BALL card and the head ref simply refused to recognize it? How is that allowed?

It was absurd. The match announcer even called the dead ball card out, and it was a good 40 seconds before they were allowed to take the ball. They didn't even have enough time left in the match to put the ball into play once they finally got it.

The dead ball card is not "please check our robot, and if you can't bring us back give us a new ball". The dead ball card is "Something is wrong with our robot, please give us a new ball NOW". The rules are clear as to what happens if the ball comes back out later, that should not be a consideration when deciding to honor a dead ball card.

Unfortunately...the dead ball card delay does not seem to be an uncommon occurrence.