Re: Equity - some questions

"Robert Frick" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.games.bridge.laws
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 01 Aug 2016 03:48:14 -0400, Sven Pran <[email protected]> wrote:

> An adjusted score is of course a sanction,

Part of the definition of sanction:

Law.
a provision of a law enacting a penalty for disobedience or a reward for obedience.
the penalty or reward.



  > but it shall never be used as a
> penalty.

In plain language, A- is a penalty, given to people who caused the problem.

>
> When  you say that A- is a penalty (like 10% of a top) then what do you say
> that A+ is - a bonus?

A gift? Payout? If you make an error on a board and a table can't play it, do you really think that table deserves a higher score (split score, both A+) than every other table? It doesn't. But you reward them so they don't complain about you. Reality.
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