Echo said:
Racking in nine ball and one pocket are two entirely different things. In one pocket of course the negotiations before come into play unless you know the person well and respect each other, then the negotiations are forgone. We still inspect the racks wheather or not you or your opponant is racking. In nine ball and there is a little riding on the game my opponant had better rack correctly or he forfits the game and maybe the match. No ifs and buts about it. The rules are set to make the game fun and competitive.
I don't really see it as two totally different situations. Racking for yourself in either game can be advantageous, whether it is rotating the rack in one pocket to direct the path of the balls, or moving the rack forward/backward or rotating in nine-ball to make one of the corner balls fall. I'm not saying that I practice any of these, but clearly the rack has aspects that can be used - thus the need/opportunity for inspection by the opponent.
Because we typically use the "winner racks" convention where I play here in Charleston, there are never any arguments about one person "racking" another. If the rack is poor, it is the breakers fault, because he/she did it.
As to forfeiting the game/match for a bad rack - I've never seen that tried before. Maybe you could come here and tell
Big Sam or
Fat Mel that they just lost the match because their rack was not up to your standards...hehe
DavAmundo