But to fully appreciate the work of either you must divine the rules and play along.
"Both our tribunal rules and playing rules in terms of head-high contact have been made much stronger," he said.
His distinction between making the rules and playing by them "is not flying," he acknowledged.
No doubt all those addicted to tax avoidance, in whatever country, are able to game the rules and play cat-and-mouse with the tax authorities.
Some two decades after that, Mr. Spencer said, a New York group was "the first baseball club that wrote down the rules and played by them".
Since Donny Lane defied residential rules and played for Glebe, not Annandale, in 1917, shadiness has forever been part of the game.
New York senator Chuck Schumer said: "For years, China has rigged the rules and played games with its currency, leaving American workers out to dry.
The public criticism of his work has been trying at times, he said, especially the skeptical reception of the distinction he draws between "making the rules" and "playing by the rules".
He is not controlling, he said, "I'm organized and want to run it right, play by the rules and play with the team, but every team has a captain".
Flight attendants will be stuck with the same dilemma they always face: enforce the rules and play the bad guy, or turn a blind eye and let the most entitled and self-important travellers walk all over them.
