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.
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>
> 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.