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With the new points wins are not rewarded any more than before, still 3 points more than second, it is just now lower finishes provided more points, so when you do have a bad night it does not ruin your season. Still a bad night for Dungey was usually a 4th place, I would love to be that "slow".
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They all ended up with more points because there was 1 more point per round available for 1st-4th, and 2 points per round for 5th-20th.
I would be interested in seeing the points change in the close series results. Seasons where the pints gap was single digits and there were some odd finishes by the champion or second place guy.
2011- Would Reed or Dungey have beaten Villopoto?
2009- Would Reed have beaten Stewart?
2006- Would Stewart or Reed have beaten Carmichael?
2003- Would Reed have beat Carmichael under this structure?
1992- Would Bradshaw have beat Stanton?
1990-Would Bayle have beat Stanton?
You know what they say about if your aunt had nuts?
I would still prefer a Olympic system and even 1 or 2 throw away races to keep more riders in it until the last race, then let the stuff hit the fan.
It's done, and although it is a tiny change, it will likely affect nothing since most points battles are a blow out.
Dungey struggled to get motivated all season, it showed at many races and still beat Eli. That has to tell you where Eli really stands in the big scheme of SX.
I like the new format and points system overall. But looking backwards to see who would have won if we use the new points system is garbage. Lets go back to every SX season and refigure every championship and rewrite SX history.
Well said.
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Here's 2011:
It's like arguing over who was better, the '86 Bulls or the '17 Warriors. Fun to discuss but in the end it's just a lot of words thrown around and no conclusion. People are passionate about it for sure. Just listen to sports talk radio for a few hours.
Some people love this type of banter and interaction, nothing wrong with it. It just isn't my thing.
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