Well, an unknown person has leveled what may be an accusation of cheating against another unknown individual. What's the procedure? My first reaction is to think that it needs to be handled internally by the team of the school of the accused, with their decision revealed only at their behest. But there is the lingering question of Penn's malfeasance at Nittany Lion IX a few years ago -- we have no assurance that any such "handling" will be done responsibly, or at all. Of course, at some level, good faith has to be relied on. If acts of cheating took place at an ACF, NAQT, or TRASH event, or even CBI I suppose, then out of security concerns, those organizations could reasonably be expected to look into the accusation. If the accusation concerns an independent tournament, that tournament has the responsibility of looking into the situation. What if it's at the player's team's own event, as is said to be the case here? In that situation, I think it's fair if the accuser and the team of the accused privately come to an agreement in finding a disinterested third party -- someone from the opposite coast, if such is practical; at the very least, someone who is, to the greatest extent possible, disinterested in the outcome of the situation. If the accusation cannot be proven, the whole thing can be kept secret. Of course, if the person actually did it, I'm all in favor of having them ripped to shreds by wild ducks. Edmund Edmund
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