29-03-2022, 09:27 PM
Willie,
If Matt was applying today I can see no valid reason for allowing it. But nor could I when it happened.
However, it did happen. I consider, in those circumstances, it would be totally unfair to remove him now. Nothing has changed in the intervening years to justify expelling Matt. Indeed he has done a lot of work for Chess Scotland.
I don't know what deadline I would put on correcting 'errors' such as this but 11 years certainly exceeds it. Probably even one year would be too many.
So in answer to your question, "Why should MT be an exception?" Because he was accepted as one 11 years ago and I can see no valid reason for revoking that decision 11 years later. Sometimes when you make mistakes (if this was one) then you have to learn to live with them.
If, when the grandparent extension to eligibility failed, his situation had been reviewed then there would have been some logic to doing so (though I would not have supported it). I fail to see any merit in reversing his status now.
If Matt was applying today I can see no valid reason for allowing it. But nor could I when it happened.
However, it did happen. I consider, in those circumstances, it would be totally unfair to remove him now. Nothing has changed in the intervening years to justify expelling Matt. Indeed he has done a lot of work for Chess Scotland.
I don't know what deadline I would put on correcting 'errors' such as this but 11 years certainly exceeds it. Probably even one year would be too many.
So in answer to your question, "Why should MT be an exception?" Because he was accepted as one 11 years ago and I can see no valid reason for revoking that decision 11 years later. Sometimes when you make mistakes (if this was one) then you have to learn to live with them.
If, when the grandparent extension to eligibility failed, his situation had been reviewed then there would have been some logic to doing so (though I would not have supported it). I fail to see any merit in reversing his status now.