Gentelmen,
I think as members of the TDA we have a right to agree or disagree with an existing rule. How do we penalize a player that bets after the player on his right has acted? We can't. The offending player is the player that skipped the player in front of him, and bet out of turn. Then we can look to the dealer and the skipped player. The dealer should correct the improper action and direct it to the proper bettor or the player that was skipped should speak-up. If the dealer, or the player fails to say anythig and another acts, like Chet says, that's substantial action.
I don't know why my question was not answered. There are many situations where there are not enough players left in the hand to qualify for substantial action. As an example, head to head, or three handed situations that I mentioned earlier on this thread would negate the possibility of substantial action, unless you consider; the dealer. I'm with Chet on this one and Chet, stick to your guns.
Skipped players can only call or fold after substantial action. When a dealer taps, burns and turns, they have accepted the improper action and the skipped player or players have dead hands.