Zone versus man-to-robot refereeing styles

[bkahl]

The entire original post seems to be talking about the system the referees operate under, how to improve it, and how to potentially help and make the referees' lives easier. If we want to prevent future issues from happening, and YES issues are happening this year, we have to be much more open to ideas from everyone.

Why do the referees have to be the only ones who can suggest ways to referee?

In regards to the suggested Ref to Robot style refereeing, the only issue I have with it upon first glance is vision. If the drive teams this year are throwing up 30' poles to watch their robots, the referees are going to have very broken vision as well.