Happy Jack, I have competed in SASS for over 14 years. And I competed in WB side matches 10 years ago. SASS and WB will never settle the don't ask statement. The other day on the SASS wire, rumor had it that they were going to rule a certain shotgun belt illegal. Illegal after 10 years of use by many on the East coast and beyond. Recently, a shotgun belt was presented to the RO committee that I would never had thought to be legal and it was approved.
During the fracas someone stated that all "stuff" should be presented to the RO committee for approval before someone starts mass manufacturing. I put that close to the front of my note book titled Some of the Dumbest Statements.
Some may know I started making rigs and, being an A personality, I continue the search for THE holster. A person or two has stated that my recent holster is not "correct". As an analogy of the grips, the holster rule is so loose as to allow almost anything that doesn't lose the gun. Subjective? Sure it is.
I have never argued a call on me in all my years competing in SASS or Wild Bunch. I accept the human factor for what it is. Fallible.
I am a gamer. I never intentionally go beyond the rule, much less the "spirit of the game". But if someone calls a spirit of the game penalty on me, they are blatantly biased. Or I had a hell of a Elder Statesman Moment.