[blml] "Carefully avoid." Was Zonal Delegation of L12c3

[Rui Marques]

The Laws were basically built to rule the game, not to condition the
behaviour of directors. Tournament directors are the "maestros" of the
orchestra. Like with all good maestros, if they are good we just feel the
music, if they are bad we notice immediately. 
There is no need for a law for the TDs like that. For me, and for any good
TD, it is a sine qua non condition. If the TD cannot "avoid any remark or
action that might cause annoyance or embarrassment to a player or might
interfere with the enjoyment of the game" he is not a good TD, no matter how
good technically he might me. Like Robin says, we provide a service to the
players and to the organizers, and not the other way around. We could say
that it "comes with the job". 

Jokingly, I would say that there should be a competence profile for TDs (not
a Law...) saying:

A director MUST INSTINCTIVELY avoid any remark
 or action that might cause annoyance or
 embarrassment to ANY player or OFFICIAL or STAFF or might
 interfere with the enjoyment of the game

If he can not, he is in the wrong job.

Rui Marques

(Snipped for convenience)
>>Richard Hills:
>>
>> For what it is worth, my favourite Law is
>> Law 74A2:
>>
>> "A player should carefully avoid any remark
>> or action that might cause annoyance or
>> embarrassment to another player or might
>> interfere with the enjoyment of the game."
>>
>
> I admire that one too, but why can't there be 
> a law like that which applies to directors?

Applies which way to directors?

"A director should carefully avoid any remark
 or action that might cause annoyance or
 embarrassment to a player or might
 interfere with the enjoyment of the game." ?

Hopefully, this is part of the director's role 
as a service provider.

"A player should carefully avoid any remark
 or action that might cause annoyance or
 embarrassment to a director" ?

This is mostly covered by Law 74 B 5.
"summoning or addressing the Director in a manner 
 discourteous to him or to other contestants"

Robin

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