LIFETIME COMPETITION BAN FOR SCORECARD FALSIFICATION
July 9, 2026
All CMP Competition Rulebooks have a rule that provides for “Additional CMP Disciplinary Action” in cases involving particularly egregious competition violations. This rule is rarely used; in the three cases where it has been used in the last 20 years, it resulted in lifetime bans from CMP competitions. This rule provides that “in the event of a serious violation, additional disciplinary action may be taken by the CMP Rules Sub-Committee…” The rule requires the CMP Programs Chief to investigate and submit a report with recommendations to the Rules Committee (all are members of the CMP Board). The rule further provides that a competitor charged with a serious violation must be offered a hearing after which the Rules Committee must decide guilt or innocence and possible disciplinary actions. Their decisions are final.
A serious pistol scorecard falsification case was recently decided by the CMP Rules Committee in accordance with this rule. The case began several months ago when a CMP Match Director noted suspicious scorecard alterations that he reported to the CMP. CMP Staff began an investigation that identified ten different EIC and National Trophy Matches where there were questionable scorecard alterations, all involving one competitor. Given the seriousness of the potential impact these many alterations could have on the awarding of EIC credit points, the CMP opened a Rule 4.14 serious violation investigation. The CMP Programs Chief’s report found that this competitor made numerous illegal score alterations, each to his advantage, in a series of EIC and National Trophy Matches. Score disqualifications and suspension from CMP competitions was recommended. The competitor in question requested a hearing that the Rules Committee held on 2 July 2026. After conducting the hearing where the accused competitor submitted both written and oral testimony in his defense, the Rules Committee decided that the competitor was guilty of multiple acts of falsifying scores in CMP EIC and National Match events. The Rules Committee decided that the competitor’s scores in the matches in question be disqualified, that EIC credit points previously awarded be rescinded and awarded to competitors who were now eligible to receive them and that this competitor be banned from CMP competitions for life.