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This has been coming up in backgammon since 2000 - let's get a rule on the ABT books already

Posted By: Rod
Date: Monday, 4 May 2009, at 6:00 a.m.

In Response To: Not even close to a professional athletic event (Jason Lee)

right.... but not video.....

Here is an excerpt from a posting (http://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+719) in 2000 Michael Crane writes:

Whenever possible I always video tape the finals of Biba tournaments. I cannot see how anyone can object to having a camera above the board recording the match. I position my camera about 1.2mt from the board and then couple it to a tv and screen the match live for spectators to see it without having to crowd around the actual board. It works very well for us.

To answer [André Nicoulin's] questions:

> 1. If I would have gone to the organizer, what would have been the
: possible rulings?

At a Biba tournament under the conditions above; (i.e.. discreet filming) I would have allowed the match to be filmed. Mind you, if the camera is positioned on a tripod beside the board then I would uphold the objection. The camera being so close to the board can be very distracting.

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