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slayton:
I think that bringing up the issue of fairness is a natural reaction.

I didn't agree with those who were claiming that Tammy & Victor had an unfair advantage in China with speaking Mandarin, but they were also my favorite team.

I'm neutral about Jet & Cord, but the issue of fairness did cross my mind regarding this roadblock.

Once I got past my initial reaction, I reminded myself that there is no such thing as "fairness" when it comes to the race.  

If the race was fair, we wouldn't see senior citizens, people with disabilities, or out of shape teams on it.

Looking at all of the past winners, 13 out of the past 15 winning teams had at least 1 person in their twenties.  All of these teams were some combination of thin, athletic, or physically strong.  The only exceptions -- Chip & Kim and Uchenna & Joyce, who were in their forties, might have been chubbier than the other 13 winning teams, but they also had at least one physically strong team member.

Dånooky:

--- Quote from: theschnauzers on March 03, 2010, 09:49:01 PM ---The hypothesis is faulty to begin with, not to mention the conclusion drawn from it.

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Exactly. It's one thing to design a leg for a team's skills than to give a leg a distinct "theme". I would've been suspicious if the Detour involved a real horse. Still, it is unfair to assume a whole leg is biased based just on one task. I blame that on the illusion the "gaucho theme" has on us viewers: "It's a cowboy leg, so the cowboys are meant to win." IMO, Jet & Cord are dominating mainly because after the money exchange fiasco they haven't had any single blunder. Hopefully I'll be proven right when they keep rocking the race without having the so-called "cowboy tasks."

mswood:
Yeah I don't see it.  All teams have set skill sets both physical, emotional, and mental.  I seriously don't think they plan out legs with specific racers in mind (in fact, I think that aspect is done long before casting).

Seriously, its a just not something that is rational.

I mean seriously how many various racers have known how to do a task that others haven't.  It's happens a lot. 

And we clearly have lots of evidence of tasks that were designed that don't play to the strength of teams that we all believe the producers would love to see in the finals.

Cocoa:
How about Tammy and Victor in their Chinese Breeze? The task in Guilin (esp the stamp one), in Beijing (resto), and speaking the language themselves. That's kinda RIGGED BUT I still do believe it's all coincidences  :)

DavidJunior:
This leg was biased to Carol/Brandy!

The TPTB just knew that Brandy just loved loved loved sauerkraut, so they tailored this leg entirely for her!

I call shenanigans on this whole race!

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