Fri Jul 23, 2021 2:15 pm
Hi jcheney,
As Hack said, I think we can assume everyone plays to win and no one is trying to be disrespectful--except maybe a salary dumper...
...Further to your point, the issue here is twofold:
1. One person's "tanking" is not permitted per the SOM 365 rules. Reason is if one person has sour grapes and is willing to throw away their $, fine, but the problem is it affects the integrity of gameplay for everyone else's $--that team is now an unevenly distributed walk-over. Without an assumption of fair play and acting in good faith, the league becomes a wash for everyone else.
2. This is part of a tournament, with stated rules of entry and play. This isn't arbitrary. And really, highlighting it provides an opportunity for the individual to recognize what they are doing is not considered acceptable or fair play, so if they didn't read the rules at least they may still get them explained to them.
Cheers