2010-09-30, 02:56:30
If you leave it up to the other team to allow a reschedule why don't you just say "no rescheduling"?
==> only if both teams agree on a bad game time <== IE leaving it up to the other team to assess their own advantage -- not an independent authority -- is wrong and a conflict of interest.
It can be assumed that the other team won't cooperate if it benefits them and that was the case.
Rescheduling should have been left up to an appropriate authority not the opposing team (this is a side effect of how you wrote the rule). That is the definition of a conflict of interest because the other team is not interested in your tournament success. A referee/observer would have been a more appropriate person to make that decision if there was any request. This is where you edit the rules given the circumstances and have a person or group of individuals assess how fair the reschedule request is and deal with it in that manner.
Then you limit how many times a team may reschedule in the tournament to prevent abuse, given the specific method.
Seriously why bother leaving it up to the other team if you're dealing with teenagers?
==> only if both teams agree on a bad game time <== IE leaving it up to the other team to assess their own advantage -- not an independent authority -- is wrong and a conflict of interest.
It can be assumed that the other team won't cooperate if it benefits them and that was the case.
Rescheduling should have been left up to an appropriate authority not the opposing team (this is a side effect of how you wrote the rule). That is the definition of a conflict of interest because the other team is not interested in your tournament success. A referee/observer would have been a more appropriate person to make that decision if there was any request. This is where you edit the rules given the circumstances and have a person or group of individuals assess how fair the reschedule request is and deal with it in that manner.
Then you limit how many times a team may reschedule in the tournament to prevent abuse, given the specific method.
Seriously why bother leaving it up to the other team if you're dealing with teenagers?