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Re: Repetition Rules Change?

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Dean BedfordFeb 5, 2007
 

 
On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Robert Torres wrote:

> it was something of a see saw type of thing when the rules of
> repetition changed, I think it started in 1969, and then became a bit
> more firmly established by the early 70's, but even then there was
> still a problem with regards to the various forms of a word because
> someone could challenge on repetition of dance even though a person had
> said 'dancing' beforehand, and also people who had some rather clever
> challenges with regards to repetition, especially if they were new to
> the show, like in the case of Alfred Marks.  On his debut he challenged
> Clement Freud for repetition of 'myself' even though the subject on the
> card was 'How I Restrain Myself'.  and then much later on it became an
> issue that you weren't allowed to repeat the subject on the card
> incessantly because as Nick would put it, 'it makes a nonsense of the
> game' or 'becomes a non-event as a show' which I guess is a valid
> point. 
>

you're turning one off decisions into rule changes. Have you never seen
an umpire make a decision in a football match which the TV cameras show
to be wrong or inconsistent? That doesn't make the decision a change in
the rules of football.

 
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