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Definitions for Handicapping
hand·i·cap·ping
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Handicapping
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Handicapping
Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. The word also applies to the various methods by which the advantage is calculated. In principle, a more experienced player is disadvantaged in order to make it possible for a less experienced player to participate in the game or sport whilst maintaining fairness. Handicapping also refers to the various methods by which spectators can predict and quantify the results of a sporting match. The term handicap derives from hand-in-cap, a popular 17th-century lottery game, where players placed their bets in a cap. Handicapping is used in scoring many games and competitive sports, including go, chess, croquet, golf, bowling, polo, basketball, and track and field events. It also serves to foster wagering on horse racing events. Often races, contests or tournaments where this practice is competitively employed are known as Handicaps. The term is also applied to the practice of predicting the result of a competition, such as for purposes of betting against the point spread. A favored team that wins by less than the point spread still wins the game, but bets on that team lose.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Handicapping in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Handicapping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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Let's face it. If the kid can't read, if the child can't write, if the child can't function in a classroom atmosphere, how can [educators] anticipate creating a culturally diverse curriculum that is going to address that problem? so it's back to the basics. It's what I was raised with. It's what most Americans were raised with. It worked for our generations. Why are we changing it for this new generation, and in fact, handicapping them?
We've had unified rules of golf since 1952. It made sense to do this with handicapping too.
You always have your overachievers, then your middle-of-the-road sales guys, then the bottom tier, the contests always had the same results, with the top salespeople winning. I had to start handicapping people, and the people at the top felt they were being punished for being good. The people at the lower end never paid attention to the contests because they felt like they’d never win.
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