Interesting analogy: If a student goes from a C-student to an A-student, is the baseline assumption that he cheated, even if he wasn't caught? What about the student that was always an A-student?
casual obsever wrote:
That's actually not a bad comparison, I am surprised.
If the cheating student improved last year from a C student to an A student, and gets caught cheating this year, he will not get retro-actively disqualified for last year's As because of a lack of evidence. However, most of his peers and teachers will be convinced that he started cheating last year. Exceptions are his girlfriend and his mom.
If the cheating runner improved last year from a 1:09 runner to a 1:05 runner, and gets caught cheating this year, he will not get retro-actively disqualified for last year's 1:05 because of a lack of evidence. However, most of his peers and teachers will be convinced that he started cheating last year. Exceptions are rekrunner and Canova.