[moderated]: Worst Call Ever and Congratulations from San Jose

[Cory]

Originally Posted by ducttapejason

There was no flag thrown on the play

False, I was the referee standing by the red auto loader and saw the referee on the red human zone clearly throw three flags.

Originally Posted by ducttapejason

All that I did see was the Regional Director, a Bellarmine alumni, discussing with the head referee DURING the match. I have been a referee during the match and you never take your eyes off the game. Also the rules are that the decisions that the referees make are final, and are not subject to intervention by the teams, or anybody else including staff.

If you're implying Jason Morrella is anything but impartial, and/or influenced our decisions, you're sorely mistaken. The flag was thrown perhaps 30-45 seconds into the match, the teams could not have influenced our decision. They did not even argue it. When we notified team 368, they shook their shoulders and shook our hands, there was no influencing of any sort.

Originally Posted by ducttapejason

Next week I will be a referee at the Southern California event. I will make sure that impartiality will be my watchword as i try to keep the game fair and just.

We were trying to do the same thing, and I think most people can agree that overall we were very consistent and fair with our calls. We had a very experienced referee crew. I hope you aren't trying to imply any of us had a bias towards any one team or alliance. We called infractions as we saw them, every time we saw them. I am obviously biased, but I think we were very consistent.

I won't comment on the call itself, I was on the other side of the field and saw nothing except the flags being thrown, I did, however, feel it was necessary to "set the record straight", so to speak.

Congratulations to all on a well played event, and good luck the rest of the year.

Cory