Gary Cornilles

In my opinion, a blatant violation of this type should not need to be ?protested? in order to be enforced. It?s not the responsibility of the offended team to discover and report the infraction. All teams were offended by the action! It?s incumbent on the officials to act regardless of whether a team protested or not. Therefore, rule 12.3 should not apply. I don?t know if there are any rules that limit the amount of time an official has to make a judgment but I would guess there isn?t one.

I understand the need for timely results and closure but it is sometimes days before final results are posted with numerous corrections submitted after the fact. I don?t think we should use timely results as an excuse, especially in a Championship event. It?s more important to get it right.