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

[Jerry Fusselman]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:02 +0100 (BST), Tim West-Meads <twm at cix.co.uk> wrote:
> Rui wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Ah well :(.  I find that remarks like "I'm ruling the contract back to..."
> frequently cause annoyance amongst chea^X^X^X customers who hoped I would
> rule in their favour.

I apologise if this is too obvious to mention, but the regulation
should be read in a way that makes sense.  A player may correctly call
the director or make a brilliant call or play that an opponent finds
annoying, and this kind of action is not prohibited.  Nor would
unpopular rulings be prohibited.  Perhaps the regulation could be
reworded to better align with what is intended.