Re: A Modest Proposal (899 Views)
Posted by:
David Patent (IP Logged)
Date: July 05, 2002 03:08PM
Mall,
I don't really care what system we use and we all need to acknowledge that there is no
perfect system. I'm simply pointing out
that if we allow the odds to affect scoring then we are getting away from a 'skill at picking the best horse' contest and introducing a number of complexities that I thought we were trying to
eliminate.
As a side note, I don't agree with your definition of 'handicapping'. Since to 'handicap' is to assign weights or hindrances to equalize chances of winning,
and since a 'handicap' race adds (or substracts) weight to horses to
modify their chances of winning, to handicap a race simply means to assign the correct probabilities of winning to each entrant. There is nothing about handicapping that requires or suggests that one then
incorporates the crowd's views and modifies one's decisions based on the crowd's opinion.
Since HP has accepted, we're on. Let's do it
Saturday the 13th. HP, any preference for tracks? Also, how will we settle up? Do you use PayPal?