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Actually, all the sports I know of have a pretty simple method of dictating who the better team on the day was. Otherwise, how would we know who won? Still, f

• taeric 12y ago
  I think the assertion is that "who won the game" is not, strictly speaking, the same as "who is the better team." That is, it could be akin to saying that "this particular coin shows heads today" because that is what the last flip did. Definitely true, but does not tell you anything about the nature of the coin.
  • ownagefool 12y ago
    When the object of the game is to win, you can pretty much determine the better team by result. You might not always agree with how they achieve it, but you can't really argue results. That said, I was specific to say 'On the day'. Typically, it's pretty poor sportsmanship that sees most of us arguing that the better team lost.
    • taeric 12y ago
      But can you? Imagine if your goal was to find which coin is the biased one, but you could only flip once a week. Though, I should be clear that I doubt the better team loses most of the time. More that I just think the static view where there is a clear "better" team is flawed anyway.
• taejo 12y ago
  Consider a sport Chess--, which is very similar to chess, except that before making each move, the player rolls a 100-sided die, and if it comes up 100 they instantly win. If Magnus Carlsen plays Chess-- against me, and is one move away from checkmate when I throw the 100, did the best player win?
  • ownagefool 12y ago
    Not so much Chess, poker would be more apt. We then veer into the territory of deciding what is and isn't a sport.