Luciano bailey
In an ideal world all would play fair, if a standard of evidence is used to
DQ one group that groups violation may not be isolated and the evidence was
dependant on the shot selection of photographers. This is not a defense for
the offenders only a query as to how a group is deemed in violation and
another is not.
>From: Andy Stahl
>To: "Luciano bailey" ,sugahara@mac.com,
>obra@list.obra.org
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] centerline violation
>Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 09:08:04 -0700
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>Luciano,
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>There is no kind of rule violation evidence that is collected
>"evenly," e.g., only some racers are drug-tested; the official
>driving behind the pack cannot monitor evenly the entire pack for
>centerline violations, etc.? Rule enforcement in any game or sport
>is intended to be a deterrent, not a scientific study.? Nor is the
>criminal standard of irrefutable (i.e., beyond a reasonable doubt) proof
>appropriate to games or sports.? This isn't about jailing people,
>it's about playing fair -- something we all should have learned in
>kindergarten.
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>Andy
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>At 03:20 AM 5/17/2007, Luciano bailey wrote:
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>In sifting through all the
>dialogue on this issue the remaining case would be do we have photos of
>all the teams evenly and accurately captured to establish true advantage.
>This would require photos of every possible site where an infraction
>could have occured, in order to establish that kind of irrifutable
>proof.
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