From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Wolper
>If the producers assume collusion is happening, without a real accusation >including evidence against real contestants, then the solution is to keep >contestants apart, not change the rules of the game. I think the tiebreaker is >a deterrent to making wagers in Final Jeopardy that result in a tie. Going >into FJ where the game is competitive first place bets double second place's >amount plus one dollar. But (without a tiebreaker) there's no incentive to add >that extra dollar. First place banks winnings and comes back. The tiebreaker >keeps this from happening. IIRC the story of the one non-zero three-way tie in history, the person in the lead expected his tied opponents to wager everything, so he took it upon himself to wager enough to match… if everybody answered correctly. _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/006701d6f804%24b2dc7bc0%2418957340%24%40suddenlink.net.
