[blml] Appeal

[Eric Landau]

On May 27, 2007, at 12:21 AM, Wayne Burrows wrote:

> Thanks all for the responses.
>
> What then do you think of a regulation that says an appeal even if it
> "...is successful, will not alter the result of the event."?
>
> This is a regulation that applies to any appeal to the relevant
> national organization.

I think it's routine, just as one would expect.  It happens all the  
time in organized sports at all levels; examples from professional  
American football or baseball are commonplace.   Bad calls get  
appealed to the national level, reviewed, and overturned.  Officials  
get educated (in the NFL for example, referees get not only a record  
of the decision, but a copy of the evidentiary videotape).  If a team  
suffered actual damage -- i.e. lost a game they otherwise would have  
won -- they get an official apology from the League, but no actually  
achieved scores or outcomes are ever changed.


Eric Landau
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Silver Spring MD 20910
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