TheProf wrote:
After a lot of thought, I've reconsidered my position and I won't stop playing in Croydon League.......... I'm realising that it is the minority within the league who want to claim games rather than play, and it would be wrong to stop playing because of the minority........ The majority of individuals within the league understand when teams are struggling to get players to venues and make allowances, because it is the sporting thing to do...... What upsets me most is when individuals are looking to claim frames as soon as you walk in the venue, even when they know there are players on their way, and that's much worse an attitude than someone turning up late...... Having said that, there have been some very good attitudes from opposing teams and captains/secretaries this year...... My view is that frames should only be claimed as a last resort, and the general league rules should be used as a guide to support a sporting approach, rather than taking everything as an absolute line in the sand....... The only rules that should never ever be compromised are the playing rules........ Last Tuesday, The Wizards refused to play the match, knowing that we had sufficient players coming, but chose to ignore that fact and try to apply a general rule related to attendance to time, basically not only to nick frames, but also claim the match. That behaviour was frankly not sporting in my opinion, so what's the ruling on that ?