Dan-cat wrote:Because if they are just tip tapping into a ball it's classed as a stalemate. Which no-one wants to see.
Where's Acesinc when you need him? He's a stickler for the rules.
I know the rules pretty well myself, and you're absolutely right, if they are just tip tapping, even if one player wants the rerack but the other does not, the ref will say to the players they have about 3 or 4 shots each, and if the situation doesn't change, the ref will RESET the balls, yes it's reset, that's the correct term, not rerack.
But very often, if for instance one player has a 20 point advantage and the ref has warned both that if this continues he will reset the balls, then very often the player with the advantage will play a different shot that prevents the resetting, even if sometimes he leaves a ball on for the other player.
Normally though, both players agree with it so the ref doesn't have to step in.