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I've been told, by someone that was in a position to know, that at one time there was a proposal to do it via video having it produced by a college or university. The theory being that it would standardize instruction. It just needed board approval, which did not come.
Jorge,
I know that has been talked about by numerous outside of the board folks for years. It seems like the best way to eliminate any bias of any given instructor. Of course, after the video instruction you have the inevitable follow up questions. And the only way to address those questions would be with an FAQ database so that you could eliminate any moderator bias for those answers. In theory, the video method of instruction should make judge certification more generic with everybody being instructed the same way.
As for seating judges based on scores, I can see how it might even out the scoring somewhat, but I still feel you will have TOD and TOA regardless. If the goal is to even out the wild swings of TOD versus TOA will the end result be tighter scoring? Will tighter scoring lead to more ties that can only be decided by a computer coin flip? Just wait until that starts to be the norm.
If you recall, when they changed the 9 and down starting point, a 180 score became very rare which I think was the goal. Despite dire predictions, the cream still rose to the top. Somehow, scoring creep entered into the equation and the result is 180 scores have become more prevalent again. Surely not as many as before the change, but no longer rare today. How did that happen? Why did that happen?
So what does KCBS do? Will they ever reach scoring nirvana?
Robert