Jerry, point taken and one already made I may add by my fairer half when she had looked at what I wrote, I will have to try and read as if it were aimed at me and judge whether or not the tone is appropriate.
That's her indoor's idea not mine and on that basis I see what you (and she) mean.
I will not make the same mistake again, apology offered !
I suppose I get carried away sometimes
OK, on with the show, safety, in my book and by extension, deterring hot guns is one, if not the most important aspects of adjudication.
At present there is no regime on any circuit that has sufficient and consistent on-field chronographing policies that would deter any of the cheaters I know, and here I am talking about guys who knowingly run with hot guns.
I had better qualify that, policy is one thing, implementation is quite another and whilst the resolve may be intact, what happens on that field is far divorced from what should happen.
That acknowledged, and I think you would have to agree with that, it is way too premature to even consider getting rid of post-game chronographing till such time as on-field is comprehensive and consistent enough to provide a real and effective deterrent.
And even then, I would still have doubts about dropping it but at least I might be a bit more amenable to the idea if we had judges and promoters that made it mandatory for all judges on the field to chronograph all of the players at some time during a game, with the proviso that if a judge suspects that a gun is hot at the end of a game that he is quite within his rights and not blocked by some exclusion rule, in chronographing that gun after the game.
If found to be hot, then that player / team is penalised, no argument !
I hope this post lacks some of the edge my previous post apparently exhibited, I hope so cuz I just got back from TGI Fridays and I am still pissed (drunk to you yanks).
laters Jerry
Pete
