In message <jYadnQRCIq3fKH_anZ2dnUVZ_oytnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, David Kane
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> writes
>Losing on purpose is a far bigger moral step. There are very few
>documented cases of thrown games.
Except I quoted one study which shows it happens in sumo. You
don't need to identify which are the thrown games, just show that
statistically quite a few clearly are.
>Changing the
>scoring is one way to address that defect.
You just don't get it. Changing the scoring system (which addresses a
problem the people who actually matter don't seem to mind, but no
matter) would makes cheating profitable. Mathematical fact. Where
cheating is profitable, people will find a way to cheat. Pretty much the
definition of the human condition, with mountains of supporting
evidence.
But arguing with you is a waste of time, I'll take someone else's
earlier advice to give it up.
--
Christopher Dearlove
