Don't get me wrong, I like Scott and worked with him on many tournaments. I've known him since he was a teenager (and I wasn't much older). I always felt it was a big mistake to make book on the matches where we were involved in making decisions should they come up. How he did that for so long and never had any repercussions is amazing to me. I guess people just liked him too much to complain. As for me I NEVER bet on a match while I was directing a tournament and if there was a player that I helped get into the tournament I made sure to have someone else make any calls necessary in their matches. Just the appearance of possible favoritism was enough to deter me from doing anything that might not look kosher. I respected my job and the position I held in running the event.
Yeah fox in the hen house, but Scott was never that, not in his DNA when it came to making calls.
He worked all the edges in life, and better than most.
When I think of em, he reminds me of the great boxing announcer saying.....''lets get ready to rumble''.
The feelings great announcers create, addressing the audience, was not greater than Scott in his prime. To me Scott, like Janette Lee, had the ability to take this sport to where it could go. He was great at business, working with others, good with numbers and he could really play at one time, so his understanding of the entire picture was clear. Scott had his way with the public, and they loved em. Plus, he was the best TD in his prime bar none.