South would have passed the XX with the "correct" information!?! Give me a break, please.
If the director has no power to penalize him, at least should be so kind to let the board score stay. "Decent hand" carries no information about spade length, neither south asked for it (guess why).
Horror attitudes, horror ruling. Sycophancy at his best.
The line between a self-serving statement and a pure childish lie is very thin.
P.S. In my opinion, naming players involved in such cases is by far the best thing that can happen.