Most brackets I've seen when they are one player short just use a "Bye". I don't think the bracket operator should be doing it.
Now I've seen a similar question get asked every so often here and on other forums. About when someone puts a player in the brackets and they don't know it, should you give the player a cut or not if they win.
I've never seen a consensus on the answer and I don't think there is a straight forward answer.
There are those think they (the player) should get a cut, those that don't think they should, players that get bent out of shape if they find out you put them in brackets in the first place, players that didn't care that you put them in, a lot players that don't seem to care if you put them in and they don't know it unless of course you win then they cared.
"True the bowler didn’t pay, but he did bowl." but he didn't share in the financial risk either. Theres no clear answer it's all going to depend on the people involved at the time.
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