Genuine query Nelly - do Them Above not make any exceptions in extenuating circumstances? Anyone, not just Wasps?
Rules is rules. Not everyone can be James T Kirk and ignore them when it suits.
However, from a philosophical POV, all rules/laws results in unintended consequences.
I read yesterday of a guy in prison in the USA, been there for years, is actually innocent of the crime for which he was imprisoned, and the District Attorney agrees that is so, because in America you can only appeal a fixed number of times, and he ran out of appeals he could lodge before the Supreme Court made a ruling that made him innocent. Without an appeal, he cannot be released, and the Supreme Court seems unwilling to allow him to be released. Why? The rules on the number of appeals was introduced to stop bored criminals constantly lodging appeals and blocking up the courts. Rules lead to unintended consequences.