Major Penalty card

[gnasher]

Hi

As people keep saying Law 50 states a card prematurely exposed by a defender is a penalty card.

Law 62 also states a card so withdrawn becomes a penalty card.

I think the wording should include "once the director has been called"

You may well think that, but so what? At present it doesn't say that, so you can't rule as though it did.

 

The inference from the responses on this thread is that because of the wording whether you call the director or not is a matter of choice.

If you think you can carry out the rectification yourself it is OK, no harm.

For some bizzare reason Laws 9 & 10 don't count.

Nobody has said that.

 

What we have said is that Laws 49 and 50 apply, as well as Laws 9 and 10. Law 10B doesn't say "If the players make up their own ruling, all other rules are rescinded and the director can do whatever he feels like."

[bluejak]

As people keep saying Law 50 states a card prematurely exposed by a defender is a penalty card.

Law 62 also states a card so withdrawn becomes a penalty card.

I think the wording should include "once the director has been called"

Maybe it should, but it doesn't, and this is the wrong forum to discuss that. There is a forum 'Changing Laws & Regulations' to discuss changes. We have to rule with the current Laws.

 

The inference from the responses on this thread is that because of the wording whether you call the director or not is a matter of choice.

No-one has said that or implied that. The thread is about how to rule when a table did not call the TD. No-one is suggesting they were right not to call the TD, except for dummy who [probably] was not allowed to.

 

If you think you can carry out the rectification yourself it is OK, no harm.

Who says that? We don't. We think you call the TD. But the TD has to do something when the players don't.

 

Self directing is not an option, especially if you happen to be a director.

So what? The question is what you, as a TD, do when faced with this situation.