Appeals committee at European Open Championships

[mycroft]

...when the opponents notice, and complain, and we see it. And frequently, it's a "heads I win, tails I break even" situation even then. Those are the two objections the others in this thread have.

 

And I don't disagree with them (although *sometimes* it's "tails I do worse, because the TDs won't let me play like I can"...and then they gripe to all their buddies about the idiot TDs who "force" players to be stupid).

[Fluffy]

This heads I win, tails I break even is the problem, and not only in bridge, you can see it on real life too, when politicians or rich people steal nowdays, at least in my country, either the get away with it, or if caught they will just give it back... well the part that can be proven the stole, the other is for them.

 

A woman was caught on the local club years ago when she forgot her scoring sheet at one table, director picked it up and realized she had only written down scores for hands she hadn't played yet.

 

After a 2 month ban, she had waiting list of people wanting to partner her.

 

She also has a very funny story playing golf, after arriving on the green, and looking for her ball for several minutes she finally found it around brushes with a clear path towards the green. Too bad when a match partner finished the hole later he found 2 balls on the hole, one of them was the original cheater's ball, who had made a hole in one, and was handed 6 month ban to celebrate it.

[barmar]

Yep, that's life. Cheaters sometimes do prosper, and some people actually make a living through crime.

 

If we had extremely harsh punishments for even minor infractions, that would probably serve as a deterrent for most people. But it would feel unfair when the punishment is incurred.

[Fluffy]

but scaling the punishment could work, obviously it would never apply for many reasons, but if all penalties even revokes had to be submited to NBO for a record...