[FSPA] Leaving early tonight

[Stephen Jonke]

One thing you haven't clarified: which league locations are getting
Oktoberfest?

Steve

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 4:23 PM Joe Schober via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> There were some questions around this situation that Rob described, so
> although he did a good job explaining what's going on, here's a little
> extra background...
>
> FSPA has always had a rule that a player can't ask to use preplays once
> they know their group's machine picks (i.e. approx 15 minutes before league
> starts, if they're at the league location).  The reason for this is simple:
> we don't want players abusing the preplay system by seeing that their group
> is playing Oktoberfest for game 4, knowing they have a great preplay score
> on that machine, and then after game 3 saying "something came up, I have to
> leave, use my preplay".
>
> Rob describes a situation where a player knows far in advance that they'll
> have to leave league early for a prior commitment, and requests that their
> preplays be used for specific game numbers (e.g. 3rd and 4th games of the
> meet), without knowledge of which machines those will be.  Once that
> request is accepted, it's irrevocable once the machine picks are set, to
> avoid any possibility of a player gaming the preplay system.  In short,
> instead of the commonly-seen "I'm absent next week, use my preplays for all
> four games", this is "I'm absent for games 3 and 4 next week, use my
> preplays for those two games".
>
> Since Rob happens to be the league commissioner as well as the player
> affected in this particular situation, he deferred to the entire FSPA exec
> team to make a ruling on whether this was a legit use of preplays, and the
> group consensus was that this adhered to both the letter and the intent of
> the rules.
>
> Hopefully this clarifies things.  Please don't hesitate to ping me or any
> FSPA official if you ever have questions or concerns about how our rules
> are applied.
>
> Thanks...
>
> --Joe
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