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    "Declared final rankings, not computed NRR or observed seasons.",
    "No causal claim that teams can manipulate rankings or prefer to lose.",
    "A valid allocation counterexample refutes universal entry-benefit monotonicity over these allowed input pairs, not necessarily a fully specified ranking-plus-selection pipeline.",
    "No historical frequency estimate or calibrated title forecast."
  ]
}
