could not find how foul disputes are to be handled, when no referee is present. (Just that there are new rules on this.)
Say my opponent watches a close call. He is not neutral by definition. say my shirt came close to touching a ball while I was going down over a ball. The ball didn't move, it wasn't in any path of the shot. It's a close call. I say, I was above the ball without touching it with my shirt. He grabs the cue ball as ball in hand since he is referee and thinks he saw me commit a foul. (He "saw" me commit a foul earlier in the game when it definitely wasn't one. I hit the lowest ball first, but it was a very thin hit and he didn't see it.)
so what's the ruling here?
If I think my opponent made a foul and there is no referee present I will give him a look and ask if he is sure, it was a correct hit. If he sticks to his story, that it was no foul, I don't argue (since it's never worth it and I don't care.) On a close situation I will call a referee or some bystander to act as a referee.
