It was before your time so if you don't believe me, then ask Simon & Kevin.
We've had this discussion before as part of CM and you're the only one making the case for reintroducing away ticket points. But then you've got high points so you would be in favour. Be careful you don't get accused of acting in self interest, like I have. However, there are ways this could be done, as I describe below.
As I've said to you before, your reasoning on people being able to catch up is flawed. The reason people can't catch up is that people on high points generally bought tickets even if they planned to sell them on. Whether that's to family, mates, members of their supporters clubs, on here or other social media sites like Facebook pages and Twitter. It's easy to get rid of a ticket, particularly when demand outstrips supply. This is the core of the problem and that's why the club were gathering evidence about it and wanted to stop it. For one reason, it's not fair to those with high points who miss out. For another, the risk is that tickets fall into the wrong hands, be that third party sites, touts or just individual away fans. I don't think anyone would disagree that we need to clamp down on that. If there's a way of stopping people selling on away tickets then your argument makes more sense but until there is (see below) it doesn't.
I do agree that if there's enforcement then it has to be across the board, but you might want to have a word with Kevin about what they do at OSC level to try to minimise this. On the basis of things I've been told, I believe a lot of the problem starts in Hospitality.
But there are scenarios where it would be feasible to reintroduce points. One is ticket collection at venue. As I've said, united do 100% collections and the fans support that. We maybe don't have to go that far but the level of collection has to be significant, 50 tickets doesn't cut it, and I agree it has to apply across the board, not just general admission season ticket holders.
The other, which is probably more promising, is digital ticketing, which is due to be mandatory from 2026.
https://www.premierleague.com/news/4071456
If away tickets were also digital then they can be tracked and that should remove a lot of the problems.
Another thing (and I believe you're talking about this) is changing the points system. It was introduced in 2001 or 2002 I think, and were the only club who use the lifetime accumulation of points. The other 'big 6' teams, who have big away followings, use a maximum 3-year rolling system to allocate away tickets. We talked at length and in great detail about moving to a 5-year system but we were keen to ensure that there was a fair system for doing that, that didn't unfairly disadvantage existing fans with high points. But there are ways of doing that that aren't beyond the wit of the people dealing with the issues, such as you and the other CM members.