San Diego: Tech Foul in Finals

[Hayes92107]

All who read this,

While the foul calling is somewhat subjective, this is a VERY difficult game to ref and yes, when you watch it knowing what is happening, your view is swayed by previous perceptions. Have someone impartial watch it after being explained the rules, and they would likely have come up with the same call 50% of the time.

Teams will learn from these lessons and apply them to future actions, just as pro athletes do every game.
Keep in mind these are not NFL refs who spend there lives getting to know their respective rules.

Sometimes the call goes your way, and sometimes it's against you. Just remember, winning is a minute goal of first, otherwise we would have high-paid refs as any professional sport, it's the journey that counts.

John Hayes
Mentor for the WARLords Team 2485

P.S. Based on my GoPro video, the ball was being inbounded to 2485 when 330 tried to pass our robot to get into scoring position and the ball bounced off the blue ball that was within the passing robot (incidental contact, ie bad luck)