On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:11:08 -0500, News <News@Group.name> wrote in
<4KGdnYw9lsjxpRjanZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@speakeasy.net> :

>John Navas wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:48:29 -0500, News <News@Group.name> wrote in
>> <kKKdnYkgyfSBrhjanZ2dnUVZ_uzinZ2d@speakeasy.net> :
>>
>>>John Navas wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:37:37 -0500, News <News@Group.name> wrote in
>>>><x4GdnR-78p_siRjanZ2dnUVZ_trinZ2d@speakeasy.net>:
>>>>
>>>>>Mark McIntyre wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>The reality is that the upfront cash rule
>>>>>>sets a barrier to participation and allows those who /are/ in to pay
>>>>>>less as there's less competition.
>>>>
>>>>>While making it appear to conform to institutional "free market" policy.
>>>>
>>>>In fact it does conform to free market economics.
>>>
>>>No. It circumvents game theory by immediately pruning those who would
>>>later form teams.
>>
>> Nothing prevents teams from being formed in advance. In fact it's done
>> all the time.
>
>Note use of the word "later".
>
>Timing is part of the game.

Nonsense. You're beating a dead horse.

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