Major/Minor which is which?
I have always been irked by the fact that not only do major suits outbid minor suits at he same level, but they also score more when successful, yet lose no more when they fail.
I suggest this unsatisfactory situation can be easily remedied by a minor major, (or should I say major minor?) change in the scoring. Simply award 20 points for major-suit tricks but 30 points for minor-suit tricks. If you want the pleasure of playing the contract, at the same level as the opponent's bid, you would have to accept a lower score. That seems fair to me. Game in the minors would be now at the four level, but in the majors at the five level.
I suggest further that the 40 point score for NTs be transferred from the one level to the three level. 3NT would still score game, but 1NT only 30 points, 2NT 60 points. This would level the playing field all round.
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