This was one of the longer debates on this subject:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=67103
It is a good place to read through a lot of opinions, and gain some historical perspective.
I believe I said it in that thread, the real issue is not making teams compete fewer times to "be fair", but figuring out how to get everyone a chance to compete at least 2 times.
