This was brought up at a board game session I had and my friend who is a lifelong student who is know finally entering the teaching workforce with English/Social Studies
and he ranted for about 20 minutes why giving zero is a bad idea. I was completely shocked at his rant and I am now more convinced than ever that there is severe brainwashing going on in the Education department.
There are a very few times I have felt embarrassed by my own friends, this was definately one of those time and sadly I wont invite him back to any more group gaming sessions until he gets less anal.