Homer wrote:I'm still in favour of a weighting for the big events. That way you'll at least be comparing the best (and most active) orienteers at the events which matter rather than those with the biggest statistical anomalies.
Arguments in favour of weighting major events....
More of the best orienteers to measure against.
Better standards of mapping, planning, controlling.
Higher quality, embargoed, less well used terrain.
Best orienteers peaking /preparing - not used for training
Fairer seeded starts (or at least they ought to be!!)
Makes major events more attractive (if ranking is important)
Arguments against....
Cost of entries, travel, etc..
????
Seems a no-brainer to me.
Does anyone know of another sport which doesn't weight major events?