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hodlbod | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah, this is the oneness/multiplicity debate. Is there a single category or as many categories as instantiations? You need a standard to have anything in between.
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Vitor Pamplona | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Or just turn all these complicated metrics into a score number that puts people in separate brackets. 

The sport needs to have as many categories it needs to call the competition between any 2 players fair. Today, the gender-based one is just way too broad.
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Demetrios | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 bs.
you can't have 200 categories and all participants winning in their own one.
just keep sport to people who understands more
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Vitor Pamplona | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What makes you think this generates 200 categories? Each sport can group into as many or as few categories they see fit.
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Demetrios | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 what makes you think that doing so is a good idea?
I think dividing by gender, age, and weight is good for the most of sports.