Improving Officiating at FIRST Events

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by Ljohn2040

One incident that comes to mind regarding this was our first Semifinal match at Purdue.
As those who were there saw, 931 made an incredible shot, simultaneously dislodging the red ball and landing the blue on the rack. When the score was displayed, the bonus column for the blue was empty, and the red alliance had 2 penalties displayed. Red had won by 10 points. The crowd sees the missing 12 bonus points and starts chanting bonus.
The refs review the score, and it turns out the final score is correct, however, the bonus column had not been filled out, as this apparently doesnt factor in the calculation of the main score at the bottom.
However, the penalty column for the red alliance had gone from 20 to 10.

I was confused at first too, but I soon realized that the top of the screen was showing the results from match 60 and the bottom scores didn't match the top final scores. I've seen this happen for qualification matches, but never for a nail biter elimination match.