In general, because the scoring is dependent on players we have no control over, it shouldn't matter whether picks are public vs private. For example, Rory (8 of 14) and Scottie (12 of 14) were "obvious" picks, albeit for different reasons. If you decided to be different for the sake of, I suppose, standing out from everyone else, you gave away -15 points.
None of us had Justin Rose. Say you just happened to have had this premonition the guy was going to kill it. Say, I suppose, you don't want others to see you put him on your list and decide, ya know, why not? OK, perhaps you have a case for allowing people to submit their picks privately if they so choose.
In sum, there's no harm in allowing someone to be public or private with their picks. That being said, unless you have a sterling reputation for picking sleepers, I truly don't think you risk people copying you... except maybe Gloop. But him copying off others is nothing more than a habit he learned in grade school out of necessity.
- Jeff |
