Legal CR?

[TexBlue]

Originally posted by CecilOne

Reminds me of another question. The codes I know of say that a ground rule can not violate a book rule. Does that also mean that a tournament rule can not violate a book rule, specifically ASA and PONY youth qualifier tourneys? For example, can the TD say it is okay for a player who has been substituted for to be a CR or for any player to be CR because the team has only 9 players?

In PONY, no. Although I did see a Zone Director change a rule in the middle of the Nationals last year, because he ruled wrong in a protest. It wasn't a big thing, but when he saw his mistake, he decided this was a rule we needed to ignore the rest of the tournament. It was a pitching violation in the SP Nationals. Just how much advantage can you get in SP by how the step is taken?

That being said, the rule cannot be changed. It has to be pure PONY rules in the qualifiers all the way. No exceptions. Except when they want to.

[Edited by TexBlue on Jun 28th, 2004 at 02:29 PM]