Derryk Boyd wrote: > In the scenario you described 17.2 or 17.3 do not apply, therefore the rules > starte quite clearly that there cannot be a turnover, it should also mean > that any completed pass should be returned regardless of wether the call > affected play. I think this is easier to police than having people argue over > what did and didnt affect play, and the solution to the problem could be for > players to think a second longer before making an unnecesary pick or foul > call. > Difficult, though - I often wait a second before calling a pick, to see if it affects play, and all I get is argument that the guy was 8 yards away from me when I made the call - which of course is true, but only because I was picked a second earlier than the call was made...
I think the rules need to be written the way they are, that the game should stop when a call is made unless continuation is in effect. But Dave G's point (I think?) is about whether spirit overrides the rules or the rules override spirit. Is spirit something we use only when the rules aren't clear, or do we appeal to it to override rules such as this even when they are clear? The rules about stoppages need to be written so as to offer a simple solution on those occasions when it's not clear whether play was affected - like you say, this is easier to police - but when it's /absolutely/ clear that play was /not/ affected, do we override those rules with an appeal to spirit or not? I doubt that everyone would give the same answer to that. B __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
