Re: Law 11 (and perhaps 12)

On 12/11/2016 11:19 PM, Jerry Fusselman wrote:
> Richard Hills wrote:
>> In addition to fixing partner's
>> faulty explanation, Law 20F5(b) also requires that that player (not an
>> opponent) MUST summon the Director.
>>
> 
> Richard is right, of course.
> 
> Law 20F5(b): The player must call the Director and inform his
> opponents that, in his opinion, his partner’s explanation was
> erroneous (see Law 75) but only at his first legal opportunity, which
> is (i) for a defender, at the end of the play. (ii) for declarer or
> dummy, after the final pass of the auction.
> 
> ---------------------
> 
> I believe that most players and directors are profoundly unaware of
> this regulation.  For those who don't know such a simple, basic,
> elementary, fundamental regulation, time to go back to school.  Even
> in this thread we see plenty of ignorance on the matter, hopefully
> successfully corrected by Richard.
> 
> Do directors and players know about 20F5(b) but ignore it, or are they
> truly ignorant of it?
> 
> Any guesses as to the rate that the director is called in these
> situations? Does a pathetic 3% sound like an accurate estimate?  In my
> limited experience, even world-famous players don't bother calling the
> director in such situations.
> 
> Serious question:  Is 3% about right?
> 
> Included in my 3% estimate are instances in which a player thinks the
> explanation may be wrong but doesn't bother to announce that fact to
> the opponents.  I will guess that such players dominate about five
> fold players who announce a possible misexplanation but don't summon
> the director.
> 
> I do believe we could dramatically improve the situation with a few
> law changes, but let's see first if there is any agreement that there
> is a problem.
> 

IMO, the problem with putting a requirement to call the director in
Law 20F5(b) (or anywhere else deep in TFLB) is that most players
aren't going to read that far, even if you do send them "back to
school". What TFLB needs is a Law ZERO, i.e. right at the front of the
book, which states simply "A player MUST call the TD under the
following circumstances :", followed by as concise a list as possible,
and probably a second list when a player SHOULD call the TD. In an
ideal world, the copyright holders for TFLB would give worldwide
permission for clubs to copy this list, ideally a single page if
possible, and distribute it to their players.

Again IMO, you have a chance of the vast majority of players reading
that much.


Brian.





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