Slow Play

by **Prop** » 11 Apr 2021 Read

Re: Slow Play

by Prop » 11 Apr 2021 Read

Wildey wrote:
Prop wrote:Regarding the legal mess that would come from penalising slow play, I wonder if they could flip it on its head and offer a ‘bonus’ for faster play, dressed up in different terms. 90% of the tour would happen to achieve the bonus, and if Walker etc didn’t, well they’re not exactly being sanctioned or penalised - they’re just not being awarded a bonus.

Play can't be contrived it has to happen at a natural pace. If a ref feels a player is out of character slow then they can warn them.

Some needs more time than others to process shots.

There's £5,000 on every match here some haven't earned that much all season there's massive financial pressures on players.

Yes, that’s fair enough. I was being a bit tongue in cheek with that suggestion, anyway.

I think context is everything. We can tell the difference between a player in a match with their future hanging on it who’s putting everything they’ve got into their shots, or somebody who’s essentially ‘doing an Ebdon’.