Q774 and the Supreme Bumper Mounts

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

It is imperative that we do not read intent into rules where nothing written into the rule supports that interpretation - nothing in the rules prohibits bumpers from being any particular amount of structural.

Have you looked at figure 4-6 or read Q814?

I did not say that the rules prohibit the bumpers from being structural. I said that the cross-brace was legal but that I thought it would be likely to cause a rule change. The only way to make the call on whether a rules change would result is to read intent into the rules.

Despite the last paragraph of 1.4 of the game rules, I find that when we try to understand the intent of the rules, we are less likely to run afoul of them. When we read them too literally, we are more likely to be disappointed. Edit: If someone hadn't tried to read intent into the rules, cheese caking would be illegal.