great idea, why using common sense when there is *clearly* a way to measure the impact of every body measure like:

- weight

- muscle mass

- arms' length (which is important in boxing for instance)

- hormones levels

- density of the skin...

Who is more likely to win in a boxing match, someone who is 2kg heavier or someone whose arms are 5cm longer?

You think the solution is making 10k categories? lmao

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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.

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.

bs.

you can't have 200 categories and all participants winning in their own one.

just keep sport to people who understands more

What makes you think this generates 200 categories? Each sport can group into as many or as few categories they see fit.

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.