[blml] Re: who should know which rules? [ was: Atlanta NABC AppealN-03]

[Marvin French]

From: "Guthrie"
>
> TFLB by the WBFLC should include all necessary
> rules. WBF may be powerless to prevent other
> organisations producing their own variants -- but
> local organisations should not be forced to do
> so -- as they currently are.
>
> Almost all rules are of practical concern to the
> player. For example, under current law, a player
> may decide not to draw attention to an infraction
> because he judges that the likely ruling by a
> director will not be as favourable as the result
> he can expect without the director's intervention.

Tennis has two versions of the rules, a small booklet for players
and a huge one for umpires. Bridge should have the same, one for
players and one for TDs. If players want to know the Laws in detail,
as you suggest some might,  they could buy the TD version.

Marv
Marvin L. French
San Diego, California
www.marvinfrench.com