I'm looking to get some impartial advice (Mods please move if this is not the appropriate forum).

I ran a prediction competition for the Euros (people predicted the results of matches and progress of teams for points) and it's extremely tight at the top. There are a number of players who currently are on top of the leaderboard who all have France to win the tournament. Only 4 points separate them currently.

As part of the competition I also award points to people who have named the correct top scorer. This is the relevant wording from the rules:


So the dilemma is that currently there are 6 footballers in joint 2nd place. So if there are no further goals scored by these players in the final then how many points should I award to people who predicted that say Ronaldo or Giroud would finish top scorer.

The way I see it there are 2 options:

Option 1: 4 pts
They came 2nd. The rules say 2nd gets 4 points.
The argument against this is that somebody who chose Greizmann as top scorer unfairly could have 6 different people competing against him getting receiving the 4 points who had all chosen different footballers. Should there be a premium for finishing a clear 1st?
In golf if two people finish joint second they don't give them both 2nd place money-they split 2nd + 3rd place prize money between them


Option 1: 1 pt
Since there are 6 footballers on joint 2nd they split the total remaining points between them. 2nd gets 4 points and third gets 3 points. So that's 7 points divided by 6 which comes to 1 when you round down. The downside to this is that it seems like a massive jump from 1st to 2nd in terms of points. Also is the golf prize money analagous here? Prize money is finite but theoretically I can dispense as many points as I want.


The decision here will literally mean the difference between different people receiving different prize money (or none at all)
I want to make the decision today and tell the interested parties so that everyone knows the story before Sunday's Final.

Just go with the Uefa ruling. That way nobody can claim you tried to favor any team.

Tiebreakers for top scorer is assists, then minutes played.

Tied for 2nd share 2nd + 3rd+ 4th etc.. until you run out points to dole out.

Sounds to me like if 4 people share 2nd, they get 7 (4 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd) pts/4 (number who finished 2nd) each.

I wouldn't redefine what scoring means if it wasn't spelled out before the tournament started.

if the only relevant rules text is what you quoted then Id feel cheated if my guy tied for second and I didnt get 4 points. a tie for second means they came in second, which means 4 points.

obviously you should have specified something similar to golf payouts, but you didnt.