Phil Dzikiy …is a writer.

Go blind, Price

It's never too late to fix anything. Just remember that the next time you're watching "The Price Is Right."

I speak, of course, about the flawed bidding process to get up on stage with Bob...er, Drew. How many times have you been watching "Price," and the last contestant bids ... one dollar higher than the previous highest bid. And often, that bid wins. Sure, it's smart - they're playing the system - but every time, I find myself thinking the same thing. "That's a jerk move. At least bid $50 higher. C'mon!"

The bidding process gives an advantage to the person who's been waiting the longest. I get that. The show doesn't want to strand the same sad contestant on the floor for an hour. But why should contestants gain any kind of advantage in a competition of skill, when their very participation in the game was luck-based? It's not fair.

(I know, life's not fair. But this isn't life. It's a game show. This can be controlled.)

The thing that kills me about the whole situation is that the fix is so obvious. Blind bidding. Every contestant bids at once. "Jeopardy!" figured this out long ago.

Not only would blind bidding be fairer than the current process, it'd be more suspenseful. And you'd get crazy, ridiculous bids from clueless contestants. Who doesn't want to see more of that?

(For those of you who thought this post would be a written wish to rob Mark Price of his vision, sorry to disappoint.)