[CQ-Contest] Consistent or not [was: ZoneProp REMINDER]

[Ev Tupis]

----- Original Message ----

>>> I believe that the originally quoted posting inferred that an
>>> individual sponsor needs to be consistant in the way that they
>>> interpret and apply their own rules.
>
>> NO, they don't have to be self consistent either!  Nascar has
>> some races with restrictor plates and some without. <snip>
>>
> We are in agreement.  Using your analogy, my point is this: 
> with no published change in the rules, the adjudication of 
> the 2006 restrictor plate race should be identical to the
> adjudication of the 2007 restrictor plate race.

NO, why should they have to be consistent year to year?
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Because changing an interpretation or application of a rule without communicating it to the field of participants ahead of time is self-defeating.

Likewise, if participants can't trust a sponsor to communicate clearly, openly and consistantly you end up with endlessly recurring threads on e-mail lists that resolve nothing. :)

Ev, W2EV


 
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