Sports divisions

Posted by wtf_are_crepes@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 11 comments

Segregate sports by classifications on ability and not sex/gender and make every sport co-ed.

For example: boxing is separated into body weight divisions. Feather weight > Heavy weight

Baseball, based on stat accumulations scored by total stats

Accumulated Score =
(OPS score × .25) +
(OBP score × .15) +
(SLG score × .15) +
(AVG score × .10) +
(HR score × .08) +
(RBI score × .08) +
(R score × .06) +
(BB score × .05) +
(K score × .04) +
(SB score × .02) +
(WAR score × .02)

95–100 SS
90–94 S
80–89 A
70–79 B
60–69 C
50–59 D
below 50 F

SS
Shohei Ohtani
Jennie Finch
S
Aaron Judge
Jocelyn Alo
A
Corey Seager
Tiare Jennings
B
Dansby Swanson
Bailey Klingler
C
Andrew Benintendi
Aliyah Andrews

Pujols vs Finch
https://youtu.be/gm9iZnqGMvY?si=U45e-gK3wB08dFOM

Obviously there’s a difference between baseball and softball and this system would require people to learn the direct sport they want to compete in, but it opens up the sports world to everyone. Even if you’re a F Tier baseball player (like a city league/farm team) you can be male or female and compete in a division (F-SS) if you qualify based on accumulated stat scoring.

Makes it more interesting in my opinion and avoids conflicts with growing societal issue of trans athletes competing in gender segregated sports.

During the Olympics for instance A-SS athletes would most likely all be competing against each other and competitions would be like “time for the A Rank 100m dash” and not “time for the men’s 100m dash”. It would also allow men and women who are not genetically advantaged from dominating their respective male/female leagues thereby adding more value to the competition.