IBJJF Rules and Points for all Gi and No Gi Divisions
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PROTESTING A REFEREE RULING
While we Strive to make perfect calls every time, we realize that we are human and sometime make mistakes. Therefore we have a policy in place if you feel one of our officials has made a bad call:
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If you are a coach present at the mat while your athlete is competing and you feel that the match official has made a bad call resulting in your athlete losing their match, you may request a review of the match by another black belt official. If the Independent official reviews the match and decides that the call was incorrect and resulted in a loss, then the match will be a no-contest and there will be an immediate rematch between the athletes. If one of the athletes does not want to continue then it will be considered a forfeit and the match will be awarded to the remaining opponent. If an injury resulted do to an illegal technique and has been reviewed by the independent official, the athlete responsible for the illegal technique will be disqualified and the injured athlete will be ruled the winner of the match.
You will only be allowed to protest a ruling if you meet these conditions:
1. Coach is present at the mat during the match
2. There is video evidence of the call in question
3. The call in question resulted in a loss for your athlete
4. You make a request to review the match while the athletes are still in the competition area.
ONCE THE MATCH IS OVER AND THE ATHLETES HAVE LEFT THE COMPETITION AREA, THEN THERE WILL BE NO REVIEW OF THE MATCH AND THE ORIGINAL RULING WILL STAND, EVEN IF IT WAS A BAD CALL. We cannot overturn a match ruling after the athletes have moved forward in their brackets