Call Inconsistencies Between Regionals

[Jimmy Cao]

Originally Posted by Danny McC

Yes the Refs are people as well, but I think it should be consistent through out all regionals. I mean there was a test to be a ref right? So why would all the calls not be the same? I have seen people lose matches because penalties were called and others win because penalties were not called. To me this seems kind of unfair in a way. I don't know if its on purpose or not but it shouldn't happen.

I understand where you come from, but it's not that easy to be 100% consistent across the board.

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Just noticed that the quote on my page says... "People are human, refs are human. The refs did the best they could do at the time. - Andy Baker"

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Anyways, there were calls made that I disagree with, but that will always be the case. If they called it the way that I would agree with, then someone else would be displeased. My interpretation of the rules definitely has some differences when compared to your interpretation. The same applies to the judges. Even if they're trained, they cannot cover every aspect of the game. Some things just need to be called in the moment. It's impossible to have a solid definition for things like high-speed-ramming, herding of multiple balls, and such. Sometimes, the judges just need to do their best and make the call the way they see fit. Since judges at one competition are not the same people as judges at another, there's bound to be this difference... and some teams are bound to get burned by it. Unfortunately, that's part of life.

I think the best think we can do is continue supporting our refs and I have this feeling that in future years the refing inconsistencies will get more and more inconsequential and insignificant as returning refs get more training and new refs get a more rigorous (?) training course.