Re: Equity, some questions

> Herman De Wael 
> Sven Pran wrote:
> >> Timothy N. Hill
> >> I don't agree. Cancel the play of the board by the latter pair
> >> (82B2),
> > giving them a
> >> score of "not played." (Also give both pairs who played the wrong
> >> board
> > the
> >> same procedural penalty--1/10 of a top or 3 IMPs seems right.)
> >
> > [Sven Pran]
> > I don't know what rules you have for scoring "not played", but the
> > laws require awarding an artificial adjusted score unless the board is
> > (correctly) played at a later time or is not scheduled to be played at
all.
> >
> > Your suggestion has one major flaw:
> > An adjusted score has impact on all other scores in the field, a
> > procedural penalty has not.
> 
> NO, there is no such difference.
> An (artificail) adjusted score does not affect any other score, since
those will be
> Neubergized regardless of whether the adjustment is via an average or as a
non-
> played.

[Sven Pran] 
There is indeed.
A penalty will not change any score, only the total for only the penalized
contestant.
Neuberg will change every score on the affected board.

The (incorrect) effect is apparent if the Director uses a penalty to
compensate for an (in his opinion) unfair rectification.
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