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:
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Top Scorer: Player comes first (6), Player comes second (4), Player comes third (3)
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.