You used Tennis as an example when it doesnât use the ranking system you propose is the best. Im not trying to misrepresent your example, just pointing it out to not be particularly valid. Especially given the quote below
I was pointing out that wasnât the case in sporting competitions unless they met certain conditions, which Gears doesnât. You never refuted any of those points either.
But even when losing teams can still improve their average score versus and against if they were below parity.
If two teams are at 2 wins and 5 losses for example, both lose another match each but one scores more goals and has a narrow loss they can actually jump AHEAD of the other team.
Similarly, two teams that are high up can swap places when both win (or lose) on any given weekend due to their score for and against.
