Sports divisions kinda need to be overhauled anyway. Would be nice to have it based on the actual physical factors that affect a human’s performance in a specific sport, instead of just 2 groups for everything with blurry definitions and a massive overlap in terms of said performance.
Paralympics has such a system kinda. We could extend that system to the point where it includes people nowadays forced into “Olympic Games” or what ever they are called
Weight, or muscle mass %, or reaction speed, or stamina, or whatever makes sense in the context of a specific competition. I’m neither a sports person nor an expert on human anatomy, but surely there are better ways to do it than what we have now.
that genuinely feels like it might be the best option, provided you can set up a reliable rule framework for it and avoid people just paying to be moved up or down the ranks
i don’t think physical bracketing really makes sense for many things other than boxing, like there’s a lot of other factors going on in something like football…
Yeah, weight/weight classes would be much fairer, either seperately or combined like they do in (some) bodybuilding now.
But testosterone is a hell of a drug, and height and weight matter a lot, and weight classes are a choice. You could end up with far too many categories to fill.
Sports divisions kinda need to be overhauled anyway. Would be nice to have it based on the actual physical factors that affect a human’s performance in a specific sport, instead of just 2 groups for everything with blurry definitions and a massive overlap in terms of said performance.
Paralympics has such a system kinda. We could extend that system to the point where it includes people nowadays forced into “Olympic Games” or what ever they are called
Yeah, just stick with weight classes.
Or something analogous depending on the thing. Weight classes in shooting or long jump seems off.
More weight obviously means that you can push the bullet faster
Did not consider, am not a sports doer.
Weight, or muscle mass %, or reaction speed, or stamina, or whatever makes sense in the context of a specific competition. I’m neither a sports person nor an expert on human anatomy, but surely there are better ways to do it than what we have now.
sports MMR
that genuinely feels like it might be the best option, provided you can set up a reliable rule framework for it and avoid people just paying to be moved up or down the ranks
i don’t think physical bracketing really makes sense for many things other than boxing, like there’s a lot of other factors going on in something like football…
TBF, American Football is definitely the kind of sport where physical bracketing would make sense.
Yeah, weight/weight classes would be much fairer, either seperately or combined like they do in (some) bodybuilding now.
But testosterone is a hell of a drug, and height and weight matter a lot, and weight classes are a choice. You could end up with far too many categories to fill.