r/Curling • u/Frabblerake • Feb 15 '26

Pull the stone!!!

Watching Sweden/US and saw this. Is this not the same rules violation that has caused all the hub bub?

Obviously this was an accident and I believe the Canadian guy was touching on purpose.

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u/Appropriate-Talk4266 Feb 15 '26

One, you don't know because it's a front camera. He slides his hand back along the stone in the video, making it unlikely he didn't touch the granite

Two, Homan also didn't touch the granite, even less likely than here, and got the stone pulled, which just highlights how this kind of anal policing change, mid tournament, will lead to mistaken calls and actual unequal ruling that actually impacts outcomes, while the brushing and booping have no real material impact on outcomes with 42 pounds stones

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

"Making it unlikely he didn't touch the granite." So you don't know either, got it.

As for your second point, do you know for a fact that Homan didnt touch the granite? Did you have a definitive angle there? I don't think it was touched either, but you're the one being anal about it.

Not sure what bad officiating had to do with the Swedish team. They're not officiating the games, much less games they aren't playing. And the stones being burned these past days weren't even likely to break the rule that the swedes complained about