First,I apologise to all my friends for not being on the site
for the last few months. No excuse.
In reading back on the board, I noticed a post about "the
rule with teeth", so I pulled out a 1977 Bridgeport program
and found as follows:
Why a Jai Alai Player Must Play to Win
The rule with teeth
1. Players' salaries for the next year depend on their respective
performances this year! Wins, places and even shows mean substantial
additional prize money for players.
2. Bridgeport Jai Alai will expel any player not putting forth
hisw best efforts. And, State division of of Pari-Mutuel Wagering
rules state: Every player or expelled or ruled off by any recognized
jai-alai authority, or by any official Fronton Association in
the U.S or any foreign country, shall be ruled off the frontons
licensed by the State.
Paramutuel wagering rules also state that..Jai Alai being a game
of skill, the winning or losing of a point depends entirely on
the individual player's skill and ability, or lack of it, and
it shall be the duty of each player at all times, to make every
possible effort to complete a return regardless of how impossible
in some instances it may be for a player to make said return play.
If in the opinion of the Chief Judge and the State Judge a player
shows lack of interest and does not use his best efforts while
competing in an official game, the offender shall be subject to
suspension, or fine, or both.
The rule goes on to not allow communication between player and
spectators and explains in the rules that all players are screened
for reputation, character and excellence as a player.
Phew!!! In other programs the rule is in skeleton form, but I
think you get the gist.
