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mrdct, on Oct 18 2007, 09:35 PM, said:
In my particular case, the event was at a stage where a field of about 120 had been reduced to 6 teams who were then playing a round-robin to determine 2 teams to progress to the next stage. This was the 3rd of the 5 matches for that stage and all 5 teams were very much in contention to qualify at that point, so a decision about whether or not to take advantage of the penalty card had the propensity to affect all of the other teams (i.e. "the field").
In most ACBL events, AFAIK, the conditions of contest specify that a contestant is required to play each board to win that board. This rule was devised to disallow "dumping" when that might be advantageous, but it could be argued that the rule also applies to requesting waivers when that might be disadvantageous.
IAC, since there is nothing in the laws of the game about considering "the field" in such decisions, it seems to me those considerations are at best extra-legal.