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To: Bill who wrote (43705)	4/15/2025 12:20:36 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 43974

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

To: Bill who wrote (43705)	4/15/2025 12:32:30 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 43974

As for tie-breakers, now that I have had time to sleep on it, the simple solution is to henceforth rank your players. For example, my top four scorers were the same as Arrow's. But say I ranked them: 1. Scottie -8 2. Rory -11 3. Bryson -7 4. Rahm -3 Whereas say Arrow chose: 1. Rory -11 2. Scottie -8 3. Rahm -3 4. Bryson -7 Arrow wins on the tie-break because he chose the winner. If we both chose Rory to win, we go to our second pick, etc. Yes, even different orders can result in ties, so for sure our traditional tie-break is now a good second tie-break. I say second because I value picking the right guy over the right score. - Jeff