I agree with you, but the "scrum masters" did not want to do that, as it would not "properly account" (their words) for any work done. There was a head bean counter that actually believed the numbers, and would count up all the points and track the completed vs planned. It would cause our stats to look bad if we achieved less work completed. Personally, I did not care about stats, I would rather improve our estimation process. I thought the whole thing was a gamified sham and left.