If this is sandbagging, it may be the best-ever case of it

[AlwaysWrite]

ANY BOWLER CAN BE DISQUALIFIED.

A bowler can be disqualified because of violation of a rule (including failure to declare proper average or tournament winnings or average, if required), but a tournament director can't just disqualify an entrant without cause.

 

[WAMO]

MEANING, THE TOURNY DIRECTOR COULD FIND NO RULE THAT WAS BROKEN. THEREFOR, GREAT BOWLING SIR!

 

[REVerse °]

I'm all for the 900 handicap limit. It just makes more sense.

Scratch tourneys are where it's at, anyway.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

MEANING, THE TOURNY DIRECTOR COULD FIND NO RULE THAT WAS BROKEN. THEREFOR, GREAT BOWLING SIR!

A tournament director CAN, without giving a specific reason, refuse to allow a bowler to enter the tournament ... BUT once competition is completed AND if there is no USBC or tournament rule violation, a tournament director can't legally disqualify a bowler.

 

[WAMO]

OK. ONCE AGAIN, NICE BOWLING DUDE. CONGRATS.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

OK. ONCE AGAIN, NICE BOWLING DUDE. CONGRATS.

Dear WAMO:

If you were Florida state tournament director, how would you handle the situation regarding those two bowlers?

 

[WAMO]

THE SAME AS YOU WOULD SIR.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

THE SAME AS YOU WOULD SIR.

Dear WAMO:

How do you know how I would handle the situation if I was a tournament director?

 

[WAMO]

OH, MY BAD. I DID JUST MAKE THE ASSUMPTION YOU WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING. SORRY. MY BAD.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

OH, MY BAD. I DID JUST MAKE THE ASSUMPTION YOU WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING. SORRY. MY BAD.

Dear WAMO:

Of course I would do the right thing, but that doesn't mean that you would do the same thing (as a tournament director).

 

[WAMO]

WOULD NOT THE RIGHT THING BE THE SAME THING?

 

[AlwaysWrite]

MEANING, THE TOURNY DIRECTOR COULD FIND NO RULE THAT WAS BROKEN. THEREFOR, GREAT BOWLING SIR!

Dear WAMO:

Not at all ... because what makes you think that I wouldn't be able to come up with one or more rules violations?

 

[WAMO]

THANX AW. THAT GOES BACK TO MAY STATEMENT, ANY BOWLER CAN BE DISQUALIFIED. OR ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT THE TOURNY DIRECTOR IS AN IDIOT AND CANT READ!?

 

[AlwaysWrite]

THANX AW. THAT GOES BACK TO MAY STATEMENT, ANY BOWLER CAN BE DISQUALIFIED. OR ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT THE TOURNY DIRECTOR IS AN IDIOT AND CANT READ!?

Dear WAMO:

I have been consistent in my responses on this subject. A bowler can only be disqualified for a rules violation, and as a tournament director, I would only disqualify for a rules violation. But in the scenario at hand (as per earlier posts), I have little doubt that I could prove a rules violation.

On the other hand, you seem to continue to imply that a tournament director can disqualify a bowler AT HIS/HER OWN DISCRETION, whether or not a rules violation has been committed.

 

[WAMO]

AND ONCE AGAIN, NICE BOWLING SIR, CONGRATS.

I AM DONE HERE. THANKS FOR PLAYING.