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Originally posted by Warren Willson
Quote:
Originally posted by Bfair
On item 2, correcting misinterpretations of rules, does UIC have final authority and should UIC step in UNREQUESTED if he feels BU has misinterpreted a rule, award/penalty, etc??
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3. In the absence of a protest or appeal, or any invitation from your partner to intervene, I certainly wouldn't "step in UNREQUESTED" unless I had a rule misapplication so obvious that there was simply no other possibility. Even then I would simply draw my partner aside and tell him what I saw and what I thought the correct rule application was; nothing more...
Bottom line is that we can't be so sure of ourselves as UIC that we think we have all the facts. I'm not going to even "seek to reverse" or overrule my partner, much less actually do it. If I'm 100% certain he got it wrong on a rule application, then I'll tell him what I saw and what I think the correct rule application should be! That's all. It's up to HIM to take it from there...
the misapplication is so patently obvious it requires I tell my partner what I saw...
If you DO decide to step in uninvited, on one of those VERY rare occasions when you believe you have to for the good of the game, be considerate of your partner in the way you do it and simply tell him what you saw. Then let HIM make any decision on rule application reversal, not you.
Cheers,
Warren Willson
[Edited by Warren Willson on Dec 6th, 2000 at 04:04 PM]
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Warren, I couldn't agree with you more. It's not something you ever want to do, and you certainly don't want to get the tag that you're in the habit of changing your partner's calls. But, there are those very few occasions that cry for a remedy. If you ever haver to cross that bridge, it must be done in a professional manner.
In this case Pete made an emphatic call, tried to get his partner's attention, etc. but to no avail. He knew the whole world, partner excepted, saw the force removed. At that point, when all play had subsided he could have gone to his partner, face to face - no shouting across the diamond, with "Did you know the force was removed? We had an out at first."
Then it's up to the partner, and it's been done quietly.
"Oh? Then he's safe here at second," or "So? I had a tag.He's out," or "Yeah, I heard ya'. Go away."
End of conversation, either way, and the partner has changed his own call or not based on his own view (feelings) of the play.
There's not much else you can do. It'll be his cross to bear.
My opinion.
Thom Coste
Member UT