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I had discussed the idea to have a blitz game as a tie-breaker with some,
and even more 'Chess purists' were against the idea.  In a tournament
for Chess960, where the current world champ took on someone else, they
used blitz as a tie-breaker.  I am in favor of that, or whatever else
would work, that would resolve the tie at the end.  I am not sure why
anyone is in favor of the current system that is less than 150 years old
personally.  It was adapted when chess had been turned into a competitive
sport in the middle of the 19th century (as documented here), and hadn't
been changed since then.  The current system that produces in the NY
Times: 'Kasparov retains title on a draw' (this was from around 1990),
one has to ask if this is a good thing or not.  

I would also go with the FIFA scoring also of 3-1-0, unless you want to
give draw advantage.  I believe the issue is from a SPORTS perspective,
not the game, even if chess is producing 60%+ draws.

By the way, how about this for a short system of running a tournament? 
Players alternate playing black and white until someone has won a game as
black and a game as white?  Perhaps set it for so many games, and use the
tiebreaker system of blitz to resolve who the winner is.  

I know there are purists who complain about blitz, but one can argue about
whether or not time control distorts chess anyhow.  In order to have chess
as a competitive sport, time control becomes needed.

So, are people here in favor of 3-1-0 for tournament scoring, and the use
of blitz as a tie breaker?  You would use a coin toss to decide which side
plays what.  I am up for this.  I am up for anything people will play that
works, which doesn't produce headlines like: 'Kasparov regains title on
a draw'.  The issue is whether or not such a headline helps or hurts the
growth of a game.  It isn't that it is the answer, or a big part of the
answer, but whether or not changing it would help more than it hurts.  If
this sounds good, maybe the CV community can start to use this for live
tournaments.