[cmrnpizzo14]

The key for teams will be to make sure things do not get personal. Yes, this is hard. Have scouting data with you when you are making your pre-match strategy.

Our team started doing this after 2012 when we were at championships and we were negotiating with another team on our alliance about the coop bridge. We wanted to balance but so did they and they had their scouting data to show that they were better at it. We let them balance it and they got it done no problem.

Sure, your first match or two will be very tough especially in the early weeks. If you can show the numbers though I think most teams will be reasonable enough to recognize that they have a role to play to help the alliance.