Restoration of Equity

[Vampyr]

I have just thought of another problem with the proposals to replace all rectifications after irregularities with rectifications that restore equity and penalise the OS.

 

It is another issue of practicality; therefore the proponents of the above will probably give it short shrift.

 

To wit: If there are no mechanical rectifications it will often be impossible to determine just what would have happened without the illegal action. So jurisdictions that don't allow percentage scores will find these laws difficult to implement -- in fact the NOS will often gain more advantage than they do (do they really?) at present.

[gnasher]

If you're talking about the changes that I suggested, equity would be restored by cancelling the illegal call or play, and telling the offender to do something legal instead.

 

The only circumstances under which we would have to assign a score are:

- If there is a subsequent infraction relating to the UI from the original infraction. That's just like any other UI ruling.

- If it becomes impossble or impracticable to unwind the play to the point of the infraction, for example in the case of a revoke which isn't discovered until a later trick. Depending on the jurisdiction we might award either a 12C1c or a 12C1e adjustment. Whatever we do is likely to be better than under the current laws.

Edited October 15, 2012 by gnasher