Reply to Jones re poll

[JKM1993@aol.com]

On 2-MAR-1995 23:44:32.79 received following from Mark Jones, Cal Lutheran
University--replies (and deletions) included this post...     

>I think that opponents of the coaches might consider the following:
>
>First, the poll has a potential downsize.  For example, knowing that a team
>has been placed in the magical top ten might lead some critics to expect
more
>than what the debaters can provide.  The critic can be disappointed that a
>team does not live up to its poll rankings.  I think it is easy to imagine a
>scenario where a critics think to themselves that a team had no reason being
i>ncluded in the poll.  With a ranking comes expectations, some which can
>met, others which fall woefully short.

I have considered this---I wrote about it...There are costs for the included
as well as the excluded. You think that describes something that is fair? It
is another inequity associated with the poll that should be considered by
creators, voters, readers...

If the costs and the benefits to the included balanced equally over time,
that might constitute poetic justice, but it isn't fairness. You have simply
described other costs associated with the poll...

>Mark J. Jones
>California Lutheran University

John Meany
The Claremont Colleges

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