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Time to stir the cauldron again... Appeals committee

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Friday, 30 October 2009, at 7:50 p.m.

In Response To: Time to stir the cauldron again... Appeals committee (Phil Simborg)

"Now, the fact that the CAN make any change they want and there is nothing in the rules to stop them is a matter for debate. I don't think it is appropriate that they can change basic rules...what would you think if a director decided to eliminate the Crawford Rule? (Main events, of course...side events, change any rules you want.)

The right to appeal, even if it is rarely invoked, I, and others who have expressed their opinions here, is an important safeguard. But even if it was not, that director "can" change fundamental rules is something many of us believe is not appropriate"

I wouldn't play in a tournament without the Crawford rule. I think your analogy is tenuous. Being an actual rule of the game, the Crawford rule is a lot more fundamental than procedural issues such as committees. I agree though that there should be consistency among the ABT events and just as a director could say "If you don't like the ruleset, you don't have to play" the ABT could say "if you don't like the ruleset you don't have to be an ABT tournament."

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