Is the RSM allowed to overturn an existing ruling from the head referee of an event midway through the matches, causing multiple teams to be DQed in their currently playing matches? The head referee in this event has completed and passed the certification, the ruling that was overturned pertained to R9G and visual feedback.
The official VEX V5 Robotics Competition Question & Answer system has closed for this season. If your team is planning to attend the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship, you may submit game and event-related questions to the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship Driver's Meeting Question Collection Form, which is available at this link: https://forms.gle/VpoRH5GmhktejJ8R8.
Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2024-2025: High Stakes
2289: <T1>Head Referees have ultimate and final authority on all gameplay ruling decisions during the competition.
Answered by committee
No. As stated in rule <T1>, "The Head Referee has ultimate and final authority on all gameplay ruling decisions during the competition." Additionally, the introduction to Section 3: The Robot in the game manual states that, "The Head Referee has final authority regarding all Robot rules, since it is ultimately their decision whether a Robot takes the field for a Match after inspection has concluded (per <R3d> and <R3e>)."
REC Foundation staff members, the Event Partner, and other volunteers may provide the Head Referee with information about rules and rulings from official Q&As, but the final decision and ruling on any gameplay matter must always come from the Head Referee. If multiple Head Referees are working together and both observe a Match for which a ruling must be made, they must work together to reach a ruling.
As stated in the Commitment to Event Excellence, which is agreed to by every Event Partner, the REC Foundation has the right to modify volunteer and Key Volunteer assignments at events. However, RECF staff do not have the right to overturn or make rulings about game play or robots.