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Hmm, why did he get a red card? I do not see anything in the rules forbidding it. Just look at the rules - the protocol in no way specifies you are not allowed to speak. It only tells you are not allowed to make other/extra signals, but the information he gave you was apparently and unmistakably no signal. It was an information, a message.Gordon also joined the moronic club, for doing a beautiful 50m, coming up, taking of his goggles, saying "THERE WAS NO TAG", and then completing the SP. Now you tell me, how stupid was that? Very. This is why we gave him a red card.
3.1.17.3
Surface protocol:
1) remove ALL facial equipment (mask, goggles and nose clip).
2) give
1 visible OK-sign to the judge.
3) give
1 verbal OK to the judge by saying "I'm OK" or "I am OK"
All the above items must be done IN THIS SPECIFIC ORDER within the time window of 15.0 seconds upon resurfacing. Before starting the SP and after completing the SP the athlete has the liberty to make multiple verbal/visible signals. However, as soon as the SP has started all other/extra signals will lead to disqualification.
Sorry, but not according the rules. The disqualification may be common, but it does not respect the rules - the protocol tells remove facial equipment, shown OK signal, and tell "I am OK". It forbids multiple or extra signals, but it does not forbid telling something else in the meantime.Trux, you really dish it out for Linda...before she makes a meal of you, let me say that she is right. If you remove your goggles and say something else other than I'm ok, you are disqualified.
As I wrote, telling "there was no tag" is not a signal, it is a communication, hence there is no rule violation in it. If it was meant to exclude any other movement than the OK sign, and sound other than "I am OK", then the formulation is completely wrong and needs to be changed. So far, following plain logic, every such disqualification can be successfully protested. Because if communication is considered "signal", then when I surface and burp (which I do), then I'd have to be disqulified for it too."Before starting the SP and after completing the SP the athlete has the liberty to make multiple verbal/visible signals."
Cannot learn English, learn Albanian :t
Trux, you really dish it out for Linda...before she makes a meal of you, let me say that she is right. If you remove your goggles and say something else other than I'm ok, you are disqualified.
If the guy had said "no tag" and then removed his goggles, it would have been ok.
That's purely personal interpretation. I can find so many definitions of the word "signal", telling the opposite, that I see no reason why just the above one should be used. For example when I type "define:signal" into Google, the first definition I get is as follows: "any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message". Also your own definition speaks about "sound" and not words, so it would be again disputable whether only nonverbal sounds are meant or not. So as long as the term "signal" is not strictly defined in the rules, I see no reason why a competitor could not speak during the protocol. Although the judge may explain that protocol should be uninterrupted, I see nothing in that sense in the rules, hence it can be considered personal interpretation and hence mute.Since I am sleepless tonight, I looked up the English dictionary (don't have an Albanian one): "Signal: any sign, gesture, sound, or action used to communicate information".
- I think Dave King from the US is a lawyer by profession, he may be able to help AIDA out clearing up the text to legal standards?
Who in his sane mind would want to do that??So is Linda really off the market or is it some sort of visa-related sham marriage so this bloke can become an Egyptian/Italian?
Who in his sane mind would want to do that??
Yeah I am also wondering about this marriage, Linda come back and tell us all.
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