Interesting. So let's say our fat chump of a handler (Dave Cross) lays out, turns the disc into a banana and gets up to inspect the damage.
In this situation, I've always seen the two people near the disc stop, check the disc using the eminently scientific method of look at it like a plumber does a boiler, throw it about to each other randomly, and then either replace it or carry on. What you are saying is if someone stops to check the disc, you should, in theory, stall them anyway as usual? What happens if they then say "hey I'm checking the disc you swine!"? Should you carry on stalling? Doesn't it all seem a bit mental, especially as you may be playing with a disc shaped like a squashed pancake? Seems like common sense to freeze the game and fix the disc issue. Unless the attacking team take the resulting pause to set something up, I guess but anyone who lays out with the aim of stalling the game by breaking the disc deserves some credit I reckon. Not questioning you, just the rule. Seems a bit mad. In case you hadn't notice I often get confused by the rules. Apologies if I have totally got this wrong. Cheers, Berry7. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Grayson Sent: 14 August 2007 09:12 To: [email protected] Subject: [BD] Faulty disc rules Hello everyone. An issue which has been brought up a few times recently about changes to rules is whether or not you can change a disc during a point because it is bent. I have searched the WFDF 2007 rules and can inform you that this was indeed one of the rules that has been clarified recently. "Any player may briefly extend a stoppage of play to correct faulty equipment (e.g. to tie shoelaces or straighten a disc), but active play may not be stopped for this purpose" Essentially this is important because it means that a disc can only be fixed if the disc is not currently checked in, and play cant be stopped to fix it (as happens quite a lot). That means on your way to pick up the disc you can ask permission to straighten the disc, but you cant stop play if you taco it when you layout and catch it. As with lots of rules, it seems eminently sensible. The subsidiary question has been whether you can change a disc midpoint when it isnt physically broken. I would suggest that if the play has stopped then you can ask agreement to swap the disc, but not during active play. There is no requirement in the rules on what constitutes faulty (i.e. it doesnt matter if it is broken or just bent). For the benefit of anyone (several people) who have had this discussion with me recently - er, turns out we were all wrong! I wonder has anyone ever compiled a list of common "Myths of ultimate"? Might be a good ultimatum article for someone (funnier and a better writer than me) to write? Cheers, Dave G. #3 __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
