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Originally Posted by noobie
Does this rule completely exclude all other 4th out possibilities? I don't see the word "only", which prompts me to ask the question. Is this what the Rules Committee really intended??
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Apparently so, since they changed the case play to reflect the rule change.
I just don't understand the rationale behind the change. It is even more mystifying given the apparent back-door nature of the change (was not voted on at the national convention, etc.).
I wonder if it was somebody's pet change who was involved in the writing / editing of the rule book, and they just put it in. If so, that would not appear to have followed the process ASA has in place for changing the playing rules.