[blml] Profit from irregularites

[Grattan Endicott]

from Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Reppert" <ereppert at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] Profit from irregularites


> 
> On Dec 9, 2006, at 7:53 PM, Nigel wrote:
> 
> > I fear that Sven underestimates the rationalizing skills 
> > of those with agreements contingent on irregularities.
> 
> This statement implies that there *are* people with 
> such agreements.   There may or may not be, but I have 
> seen no evidence that there are,  and certainly no 
> evidence that there are enough such people as to  
> make a concern for the lawmakers. That being the case, 
> it seems to me this is a tempest in a teapot. Surely there 
> are more interesting legal questions we can address, 
> aren't there?
> 
+=+ Be not impatient, Ed. This subject has been aired 
in various places for some time now. The European 
Championship regulations have introduced a prohibition.
There may well be players, stratospherically located, who
have incorporated such methods - with appropriate and 
necessary disclosure on convention cards. The English 
Bridge Union was contemplating a possible restriction 
of them - I am unsure whether this made progress. I do
think each SO is entitled to consider whether such 
agreements are desirable in some/all competitions, and 
by what method they may be regulated if it is its wish 
to avoid the infection of the masses. 
                                           ~ Grattan ~  +=+