Tournament Cheater Suggestion....

[Tnstratos283]

Danny: I have got to ask you this question getting off the subject at hand for just a second. Is the deal you spoke of concerning bad checks written a Ky. law that you know of? In Tn. and the area I live they post the check and a list of the names of people NOT to take checks on. Also if convicted of writting a worthless check in a court of law they post a picture of you in the local paper saying your name and have been convicted of writting worthless checks in____county...ad paided for by the person. Just courious. Thanks 283 in Tn. >First problem, this is likely illegal.
>When I managed a grocery
>store, it was actually against
>the law to publically display
>bad checkes, or a list
>of names of those that
>had written bad checks. In
>other words, we could not
>tape a list of the
>names of the bad checks
>we had on hand, in
>front of our cashier's register.
>This makes me wonder if
>you could distribute such a
>list.
>
>Secondly, you have a serious chance
>as people being wrongfully accused.
>I think your log in
>is Jbeher... so let's say
>your name is Joe Beher.
>Let's say in TN another
>Joe Beher cheats in a
>tournament and gets caught. His
>name is added to the
>list. You sign up for
>a tournament, and the director
>publically says you are not
>allowed because your name is
>on the list. Now folks
>think you are a cheater.
>I think that qualifies as
>slander for you.
>
>I kind of like Jim's idea.
>I think there would have
>to be some messageing of
>the idea to decide how
>the repaid winnings would be
>distributed. Also, getting the money
>back is another thing. You
>can sue someone, and win,
>and the court orders them
>to pay you, but if
>they don't have the money,
>or have sufficiently hidden it,
>they can't be "made" to
>pay you.
>
>I wish there were a simple
>answer. I certainly haven't been
>smart enough to come up
>with a good answer.
>
>The best I can say is
>that if we are so
>consumed with concern of being
>cheated, then we need to
>quit fishing tournaments.
>
>BTW, that's not the reason I
>have not been fishing T's.
>
>
>Danny

[Danny]

It had to do with the state legislation regarding defamation and slander. I am not even sure it is still a law. This was back in the mid 80s that I managed a store. I still notice in the smaller stores that don't have scanners and a central computer that can be programmed with the account numbers, that they still do not display a list of people who have written bad checks.

However I don't know if the law still exists.

Danny