[blml] Is "no agreement" like a get-out-of-jail-free card?

[Jerry Fusselman]

In the ACBL, though I have not played as often as I would like
recently, it seems that when a player says "no agreement," the
director is delighted, echos "no agreement!" as if his job is done,
and leaves.  My guess is that the phrase "no agreement" is one of the
sweetest that a director hears, for it implies that there is going to
be no irregularity, no trouble, no need for thought.

I don't have enough data, but here is a possible hypothesis:  99% of
the time the words "no agreement" are uttered with the director
present, it means there will be no MI ruling against that pair.  In
the hypothesis, UI rulings are strangely rare too.  Proof is rarely
asked for.  Followups rarely occur.  It functions like a
get-out-of-jail-free card.  Do you think this hypothesis is right?  If
so, does anyone see this a weakness in how we rule the game?

Jerry Fusselman