[EricH]

Actually, if you had read the thread, there are two points of view. You have one of them.

The other is that the coopertition bonus is added to your seeding points (hence the "bonus" part), to produce a much higher seeding point total. Instead of the winner getting their own score as seeding points, the winner gets their own score plus their coopertition bonus as seeding points.

Also note:

9.3.7 Seeding Score
The total number of seeding points earned by a TEAM throughout their qualification matches will be their seeding score.

Now, see this:

9.3.5 Coopertition™ Bonus
All teams on the winning ALLIANCE will receive a coopertition bonus: a number of seeding points equal to twice the un-penalized score (the score without any assessed penalties) of the losing ALLIANCE.
In the case of a tie, all participating teams will receive a coopertition bonus of a number of seeding points equal to twice their ALLIANCE score (with any assessed penalties).

In other words, the Coopertition Bonus is in fact seeding points, which in fact are added to the seeding score, which is your ranking.

Winners have a distinct advantage here, especially in close games.