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Referees and Human Players

DISCLAIMER: This post is my personal opinion, and has not been discussed with or approved by any other member of my team. This post does not necessarily represent the opinion of any or all members of my team.

We just got back from our second regional, and it was great! The referees did a marvelous job, but they were hampered in the following way:

There were no referees who could see behind the driver's stations. As a result, many human players committed fouls that were not called. I can personally vouch for the fact that when I or our Human Player asked a few of the individuals concerned about the rules, all were simply unaware that they had committed a foul. So I don't think there was any malice or attempt to cheat; these all appeared to be innocent mistakes. Problems included stepping out of the driver's station tape lines; not removing balls immediately from the corral (which could affect a match); stepping over the four-foot line.

The four referees on the field are busy watching the bridges, alleys, and robots, and usually cannot see behind the reflective drivers' station walls. So this is NOT a complaint against any referees.

My question is, do we need six referees, so as to station one behind each drivers' station? Is this really important, or am I just being obsessive about a trivial glitch in the competition? Is it worth the increased resources, i.e. needing to arrange for two more referees at every regional? Should there be a human player meeting before every regional, like the drivers' meeting, to go over the rules?

My apologies in advance if I am wasting everyone's time.
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