i would venture to suggest that by lobbying team leaders with your interpretation of a rule you are seriously undermining the principle (and indeed the principal) of this league and therefore are not only not doing him any favours at all, but you're also probably compromising the discussion you will have with your team leader with regard to incidents that take place during races. As has already been said, the toothpaste does not go back into the tube and i would personally suggest that you cease and desist this background lobbying immediately (especially given that your returned votes so far are by no means conclusive on this particular issue).
Gents, i've run leagues before, both contact and non-contact racing. The non-contact racing is a nightmare to administer as you're unable to review events as they happen, but instead have to refer to replays afterwards to try and correlate differing opinions on any incident. This usually leads to hours and hours of trawling through replays, winding 50/50 incidents back and forward and then suffering days of ridiculous conversations with aggrieved parties.......the system that is in place for RDCat is a system that i wish i'd thought of tbh, whereby representatives of parties involved in incidents can have a full, logical and transparent discussion on the subject and then reach a mutually agreeable decision.
With regard to bump-drafting specifically, there are valid arguments from both sides of the debate but the simple fact of the matter is that unless someone is prepared to sit every week and not race, but rather to monitor gaps between cars and make decisions 'on the fly' as to whether an unfair advantage has been gained (and trust me that is very subjective within the overall context of a race). There is a clear distinction that has already been mentioned between drafting and jostling cars out of the way to latch on to another car....the first is legal, the second is not and will be the subject of a TL discussion no doubt.
Finally, on a more general note, seeing as we're all in a giving mood i'd like to offer a couple of suggestions of my own.
1: NO talking in the race server chat during meetings.....we all have team TS rooms and/or can pm in the server chat and there should be no need for anyone except Stu to pipe up and consequently distract the other drivers. Once people get attuned to the idea that the ONLY time the chatbox should pop up is for pertinent info then it gets a lot easier for everyone.....i race in leagues where anyone talking in chat are warned for their first offence and banned of their second and trust me when i say the 'wtf???'s and 'omg!!'s and other stroppy comments soon die out.
2: I would personally suggest that any incident comments posted on race nights will be ignored. People need to sleep on it, go back to their replay the next day and see the incident again before they start pointing fingers.
3: Disrepute......this would include negative (as opposed to constructive....none of which i've seen in here tonight) commenting, undermining the admin and rules of the league and generally being a decent chap....this league has grown from a Gentleman's league, but right about now that seems an awful long time ago.
Finally, can i refer those of you disgruntled types to the main league thread.....of the tracks listed, none has a main straight like Mexico did (in terms of length at least) and i would suggest that some of you really need to keep your counsel and try the racing and the rule set that is in place rather than complaining about a rule that will probably offer you as much advantage as it would for anyone else. The discussion on here smacks of 'we can't beat them so we'll complain' and the fact that the argument has been between 3 of the fastest guys in the league frankly baffles me.
Come on lads, show a little class and a little patience and support your local admin!!
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