[blml] Any redress or rub of the green

[Ed Reppert]

On Apr 21, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Nigel wrote:

> I am a firm believer in the "protect the field" heresy - burn me at  
> the
> stake!

Got a match? :-)

> If a pair seem likely have profited form an illegal convention (or
> faulty card)
> in previous rounds of a competition, I believe the director should  
> impose a
> penalty to reflect that illegal gain -- especially if the law- 
> breakers are
> contenders to win the event.
>
> I realise that this is a cruel and uncomfortable kind of ruling  
> that is
> unlikely to make the director many friends but it does have the  
> saving grace of
> being just and fair.

It's also illegal. You award procedural penalties for violations of  
procedure. While the amount of the penalty is a matter of TD  
discretion, there is nothing in the laws that even suggests that such  
a penalty should or could be tied to any "gain" a contestant may or  
may not have accrued at the table - particularly when the alleged  
gain occurred at tables other than the one to which the director was  
called.