It's kinda like the stink that got kicked up several years ago in the professional golf ranks over allowing carts at tournaments. Seems that some handicaped guy qualified and wanted to play but had to have a cart, which they wouldn't allow coz they said if they let him, they'd have to let everybody. It all got kinda nasty and the Americans With Disabilities Act got tossed around. I can't remember if they let him have a cart or not.
I understand that, and have always been a stickler about rules are rules. There will ALWAYS be legitimate justification for bending a rule cases. That's what makes it hard to be the enforcer of rules:) I was the president of our local Round up club. I always enforced the rules, but sometimes it was a very hard thing to do, especially in cases where children were involved. The problem with "legitimate justification" is that can be subjective.
Becky