Akash Rupela
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Most sports clearly distinguish rankings from records. For example. tennis, badminton ,etc.
As the sport grows older, the records become tougher to break and it does make sense to have a separate ranking system which represents who are the best in the sport currently rather than who has been the best in the entire history of the sport. Currently if competition winning averages are usually WR 200-300 level. 10 years down the lane it is possible that the usual winning averages are ranked much lower in the world rankings as the sport spreads more widely.
What do other people think, should there be two separate statistics available for competitors?
How the rankings will be evaluated can be discussed later and I request members to not get there. But does the community feel having this would be a good measure or bad measure? Please provide arguments(if any) as it would help in a good discussion.
Akash
As the sport grows older, the records become tougher to break and it does make sense to have a separate ranking system which represents who are the best in the sport currently rather than who has been the best in the entire history of the sport. Currently if competition winning averages are usually WR 200-300 level. 10 years down the lane it is possible that the usual winning averages are ranked much lower in the world rankings as the sport spreads more widely.
What do other people think, should there be two separate statistics available for competitors?
How the rankings will be evaluated can be discussed later and I request members to not get there. But does the community feel having this would be a good measure or bad measure? Please provide arguments(if any) as it would help in a good discussion.
Akash