J.D. Walker wrote:

Thanks for the explanation of the cause of the ratings floors.


It's not the only motivation for floors, and many deny that it's even
the primary motivation - but, you don't go too far wrong by assuming
that it *is* the major motivation.

Given
this, I still maintain that it leads to a corruption of the rating
system.

Well, duh!

Of course it does. Floors are completely unjustified from a
mathematical point of view. Alas, the mathematicians only get to advise
- the politicians make the decisions.



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