Silicon Valley Regional 2008

[eugenebrooks]

This comment is on the money. The teams will always study the rules much more completely than almost all referees. This is because the teams have much more at stake. A good solution to this problem would be to have a mentor from each team, or a subset of teams, who is very well versed on the rules form a committee that could be referenced when a question about the rules is encountered. One could subset the comittee when addressing something with respect to a specific match, so that no rep from the teams involved in the match speaks on that specific issue. This would go a long way to resolve the problem.

Ultimately, it is the head ref that decides given any available input, but a "rules committee" to refer to for learned advice would really help.

Eugene

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

This paid referees thing is getting a bit out of hand...

In my eyes, throwing money at the same volunteers is not going to fix a thing. I don't see these VOLUNTEERS as being malicioius people who only try hard when there is money involved.

brando