A flattened prize distribution like golf would change everything.
malmo
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> Subject: Re: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.
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> The presence of money, by itself, is not the problem.
> But the hugely inequitable distribution of money might be.
> There is just too much of a disparity between what is
> distributed to a semi-finalist versus what is distributed
> to a finalist, and even a worse disparity between what
> 1st place gets versus 5th place.
>
> Granted, higher places should always get more, but not
> so much more that it becomes a huge incentive to cheat.
>
> If the 15th-ranked person in the world can get enough to
> live on, and the 1st place person gets no more than 50%
> more than what the 15th-place person gets, the sport
> would be healthier.
>
>
> RT
>
