Unfortunate Red Card Ruling on Newton

[marshall]

Originally Posted by seg9585

Team 1296 immediately came to our defense, explaining to the ref that they didn't feel it was intentional, that we were not at fault for the tipping.

I just want to highlight this. 1296 is a great team and their drivers are a class act. It might not have helped in this situation as far as the ref's ruling but I know having the opposing team on your side during a ruling like that can help to elevate the spirits on your own team.

I saw that match and it was confusing as to what exactly the refs were giving the red card for. They announced it was for flipping 1296 and I don't think they were ever out of play for more than a second or two and it definitely was not intentional.

[Gefowl]

Originally Posted by marshall

I just want to highlight this. 1296 is a great team and their drivers are a class act. It might not have helped in this situation as far as the ref's ruling but I know having the opposing team on your side during a ruling like that can help to elevate the spirits on your own team.

I saw that match and it was confusing as to what exactly the refs were giving the red card for. They announced it was for flipping 1296 and I don't think they were ever out of play for more than a second or two and it definitely was not intentional.

In general I've noticed that the refs have been a bit more liberal with the red/yellow cards in the quals. The refs don't appear to be as forgiving as they were for earlier events.

[BigBen]

Watching a decent amount of matches yesterday and I saw three red cards for flipping and one flip where there was not (IIRC). It seemed that if a robot got flipped primarily due to contact with an opponent, a red card came out. I think they were being overly strict on the interpretation.