Galileo Division 2008

[Andy330]

I guess my memory is different from Bongle's. I seem to remember there being at least 3 robots in the immediate area, with team 40 moving away from the driver station. In other words, I didn't get impression that the drivers had a clear view of what was going on. But obviously the red alliance would have won even without the red card being issued, so that's not really an issue.

What I'm confused about is exactly how the team cheering affected the red card. Obviously this is just my impression, but it almost seems to me that the referees used team 40 cheering as evidence that they had tipped 1114 intentionally. So if the drive team had instead appeared sober and apologetic, would they still have issued the red card? Do the referees really expect to be able to control the emotions of excitable high school students caught up in the moment?

To be clear, I don't want to sound like a sore loser. The 1114/217/148 alliance was clearly in control of the match. The blue alliance likely wouldn't have even been in a position to win in the first place had 217 and 148 been fully operational. But I would really like to understand the rationale behind this red card.

EDIT: I just read G52 as Dan said, so I can see they had legal reason to issue the red card. I guess that's all that needs to be said.