[blml] Tie me kangaroo court, sport [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Tim West-Meads]

Ton wrote:

> This sounds as another example of a problem created in blml and not 
> at the bridge table. 
> 
> If north has to call and south picks a card form his box, regardless 
> what kind of card it is and how he keeps it, may be he just touched
> it even, this action is an irregularity. And any player at the table
> may call attention to it, at any stage.   
> 
> What is wrong with acting like that and having laws saying so? 

I don't see any problem with acting like that and there would be no 
issue if the laws *explicitly* stated that such preventative action was 
permitted.  While I'm of the opinion that such actions are legitimate 
(although as with other legitimate actions *capable* of transmitting UI) 
others, misinterpreting (IMO) the WBFLC minute, are of the belief that 
any such action is illegal.  This becomes an "at the table" problem 
rather than merely a BLML one when TDs start ruling differently on the 
same facts.

Thus an enhancement to law9 along the lines of 
Forestalling an irregularity.
With the exception of dummy (see Law42/43) any player may attempt to 
prevent an irregularity by any other player (such has by saying "it is 
not your bid/lead").  All players should be aware that both the 
forestalled/partial irregularity and the act of intervention may create 
UI.

Would clarify the matter for everybody.

Tim