playBunny: Well you are correct on this.... The procedure you described is the only one should occur! Resign single,gammon,backgammon and then ask the opponent if he accepts that. The current way is bad.....
This is quite wrong as far as I'm concerned but the rules are that 1) if you have taken a man off the board then you'll lose a single, else 2) if you have any men in your opponent's home table or on the bar then you'll lose a backgammon, else 3) you'll lose a gammon.
Let's modify all these to be correct(added things are with bold letters):
The rules are that 1) if you have taken at least a man off the board then you'll lose a single, else 2) if you have any men in your opponent's home table or on the bar and you haven't borne off any men then you'll lose a backgammon, else 3) you'll lose a gammon if none of the 1) or 2) occurs.....