North Star Regional...

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by compwiztobe

It does not seem very productive to quiet the issue. I am not asking for a recall. Never once did I complain about how this affected my team. Fortunately, we had already qualified for the Championship. But some other teams were not so fortunate, and were very adversely by several questionable decisions by the refs, for which they showed no accountability. And I never said that 967, with our help, should have won the Semifinals. The opposing alliance played some amazing defense, though I challenge anyone to tell me that playing 2 on 3 in this is not a severe disadvantage. But you're suggesting they didn't even deserve a fair shot. And when a team of that caliber that has worked so hard all season and lost their chance at qualification to poor officiation, that is very unfortunate. It's not worth not arguing about after the fact. This sort of thing is bad for FIRST and I would like for it not to continue.

That is something I would never say, never have said, and would never suggest. If you look back a few posts, I stated that the results were unfortunate and everyone (which includes me) would have liked to see a clean game without this issue.


The gates have been the same way for at least 8 years - the bar locks in place, and the lexan sheet is hung on it. Also note that T16 states "If, in the judgment of the Head Referee..." The rule doesn't dictate specific situations or items, it gives the head ref the ability to replay a match if he feels its warranted. It's similar in concept to R08 - the LRI can rule a design or mechanism unsafe or causing an unsafe condition and make the team take measures to correct it, and it doesn't matter if the team agrees with the assessment or not. A good LRI will explain the issue to the team and work to get them to agree with the danger, but even if the team doesn't...