Europeans: Collaborators. Favor team playing on Fridays and Saturdays
Americans: Individualistic. Perform well 1:1 on Sundays.
Outcome: Advantage Europe
Proposed: Split the points, 14 -14 between team matches and the 1:1 matches
From a viewer's perspective, the rowdiness detracts from the show. NBC should step in and put pressure on the PTB to stop this nonsense. NBC will get their attention.
Attracts terrible behavior. They were terrible in 2002 for the US Open. NY got a complete pass from the media. Had it been a course down south or out West, media would have excoriated the host course/natives.