[blml] San Diego Lightfoot Sue [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Brian]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 01:14:19 +0100
<gesta at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> >
> +=+ I think you are questioning whether such a regulation is
> desirable. I have long held the view that legislators should make the
> law, but that regulators should make the policy. My belief is that a
> shack in Mossley Hill or a villa in the Dordogne is no location for
> judging the ethos of play in Los Angeles or in Sao Paulo.+=+
> >

Well, that's a view that (AFAIK) doesn't hold sway in any of the other
games with which I'm familiar. The Aussies gave up the 8-ball over many
years ago, golf is now played with the same size ball the world over,
and FIFA sorted out the Yanks with no messing around before they gave
them the World Cup. 

The downside to your devolved system comes for those of us who play
online, where a substantial percentage of players seem to be of the
view that it's THEIR local regulations which are in force (particularly
the ACBL members, I have to say) and nobody really knows what is or
isn't alertable in a game where the players are from widely differing
locations. 

Hopefully your eventual successors on the WBFLC will recognise the
increasing popularity of online bridge and try to introduce a bit more
standardisation to the game.


Brian. 

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