On Nov 29, 2007 11:12 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my estimation that deters from one of the strengths of this system. > All Players (or all possible judicial panels) are qualified judges, > even those who are second-class or not presently interested in > judging. Will they ever be assigned? They shouldn't if things are > working correctly. However, history seems to indicate that things can > go wrong. When they do go wrong, it would be beneficial to have these > "non-judges" still qualified to judge.
Partnerships should never be qualified to judge, period. Inactive players are unlikely to actually judge a case mistakenly assigned to them. It may be worthwhile to let the assignment stand if the player is first-class and active but not interested; this would have prevented confusion in the cases to which comex was assigned while supine a couple months ago. -root
