The problem with rules is that by their very nature they become almost unworkable, a rule starts out as simple and everybody knows where they stand and for a while they work and if something is wrong the ref bloke comes along with a sheet of A4 on a clip board takes a butchers and says Oi you, you cant av that get it orff now.
But then some clever dick thinks yes but if I do this it is still within the rules, he/she knows it is against the spirit of the rule but thinks sod it I know I'm cheating but I'm gonna do it anyway so when the bloke with the clip board comes around he doesn't know whether to tick the allow or disallow box he knows it is wrong but can't prove that it is wrong and so the rules have to be clarified, which makes them slightly more complicated which in turn makes them easier to circumnavigate so the rules are clarified again.
In the end the sheet of A4 on a clipboard becomes a bloody tome which hardly anyone understands and even fewer bother to read, simply because some people knew and understood the original rules but decided they weren't gonna bother playing be them...
But then some clever dick thinks yes but if I do this it is still within the rules, he/she knows it is against the spirit of the rule but thinks sod it I know I'm cheating but I'm gonna do it anyway so when the bloke with the clip board comes around he doesn't know whether to tick the allow or disallow box he knows it is wrong but can't prove that it is wrong and so the rules have to be clarified, which makes them slightly more complicated which in turn makes them easier to circumnavigate so the rules are clarified again.
In the end the sheet of A4 on a clipboard becomes a bloody tome which hardly anyone understands and even fewer bother to read, simply because some people knew and understood the original rules but decided they weren't gonna bother playing be them...
