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They've done that before. It usually results in some blow-back, when the researchers discover the game.

https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/70/chapter-abstract/1...

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2016/07/19/book-revi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Camelot

(I had a sociology class in the late 80s whose professor was a bit bitter about Project Camelot, judging by her comments.) https://www.jstor.org/stable/41303322?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co...