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Paris Ruling, Committee

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Monday, 2 November 2009, at 1:12 a.m.

In Response To: Paris Ruling, Committee (Phil Simborg)

As for the handling of poor sportsmanship, that, in my opinion, is a matter that is totally up to the discretion of the tournament director and is not something that should be subject to appeal.

In this case it sounds like director was asking for further opinion from people he respected. Is he not entitled to that? It doesn't sound to me as though he made a decision (on the name-calling) and had one of the two combatants protest=appeal.

I hope the monitor was more attentive/forceful than Villa (reportedly) was in the WC two years ago when the dice were (apparently inadvertantly) changed and he (as official monitor) required the player on roll to play the dice shown AFTER the alteration. A trusted monitor can give a lot of details which the players may not be clear on.

If the other members of the appeals committee were as integral as Stick, I think Chiva made an excellent decision to get a second opinion.

Messages In This Thread

• Paris Ruling, Committee
  Stick -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 10:48 a.m.
  • Paris Ruling, Committee
    David Startin -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 11:02 a.m.
    • Paris Ruling, Committee
      Stick -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 11:35 a.m.
      • Paris Ruling, Committee
        Alfred Mamlet -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 12:03 p.m.
      • Paris Ruling, Committee
        David Startin -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 12:23 p.m.
    • Paris Ruling, Committee
      Frank_N_Stein -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 6:40 p.m.
      • Paris Ruling, Committee
        Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 9:08 p.m.
  • Paris Ruling, Committee
    mamabear -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 12:18 p.m.
    • Paris Ruling, Committee
      Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 3:25 p.m.
  • Paris Ruling, Committee
    KenB -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 3:50 p.m.
  • Common sense should prevail
    neilkaz -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 3:59 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      mfic -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 5:18 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      garyo -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 5:30 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 6:18 p.m.
  • good technique
    garyo -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 5:40 p.m.
  • Paris Ruling, Committee
    Phil Simborg -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 9:43 p.m.
    • Paris Ruling, Committee
      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 1:12 a.m.
  • Rollout
    Stick -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 5:50 p.m.