Team Update 13 (2016)

[R2D2DOC]

As in football, "Let's go to the instant replay" !! There are enough video captures going on. Easy enough to put a couple of GoPro cameras on the field for FTAs to manage, so if there is a REALLY BIG issue, we can go to the recording. Delete the recordings within "n" matches after. And as in red challenge flags, any team just gets 1 or 2 for an entire competition. For playoffs, any alliance gets 1. If you are in your third district, you get zero.

Just sayin'

[JesseK]

Oh End-Of-The-World CDenizens... you never fail to entertain...

It seems like this is a +1 for the refs' workload, and since the refs will have more focus on the field events it will be +2 for the teams. There are a lot of niche or fast ways to deal with defenses that 5 refs can easily miss if they're worried about scribbling down context and rule numbers.

I've never had a question go un-answered immediately following a match. If it's 2-3 matches later, all bets are off - even if the refs wrote something down.

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by R2D2DOC

Easy enough to put a couple of GoPro cameras on the field for FTAs to manage

Recording the video is easy. Reviewing the video is a whole different story. Retrieve the videos, find the spot on the video, review it full speed, review it in slow motion, zoom to specific part of the screen, side by side simultaneous views, .... Multiply that by the number of cameras...

If you are the NFL, you can invest millions in the technology, have a team of people slicing and dicing the videos for the ref's, and it still takes 2 minutes to review a call.

Ain't gonna happen.

[Nemo]

Keeping the referees' eyes on the field more is a good thing, and it's still reasonable to expect them to remember most fouls from the immediately previous match.

If I'm choosing my battles, I'd rather have the call made right in the first place more often instead of having detailed feedback and written records explaining exactly why the wrong call was made. So this very small change is a very small improvement.

If we wanted to improve the consistency and quality of refereeing in a meaningful way, we'd have to do something other than a wording change in the training. That might include paid referees or increasing the number of field volunteers so we can separate the scorekeeper and referee roles.

[Matt C]

I have a feeling this year will be similar to 2011 as far as sheer number of fouls. Remember that the refs are also responsible for scoring the crossed defenses.