C, B, A ratings, etc are subjective and mean different things to different people. It's always interesting, imo, to try to tie these things down a little.
Try this little exercise. You're driving down the highway far away from home with your pool cue in the car. You see a green sign:
ANYTOWN USA
POPULATION XXX
What, for you, would XXX have to be for you to have an even chance of being able to beat anybody in town?
Assume here that all towns have a random representative sampling of United States residents. That's not true of course, but it makes things a lot easier.
For me, I think the answer is XXX= 20,000.
Here is what I think are reasonable labels based on the value of XXX
RATING VALUE OF XXX
_______ ____________
D 50
C 500
B 5,000
A 50,000 (6000 of these in the country)
shortstop 500,000 (600 of these in the country)
touring pro 5,000,000 (60 of these in the country)
world class 50,000,000 (6 of these in the country)
What would XXX be for you?
mike page
fargo
Try this little exercise. You're driving down the highway far away from home with your pool cue in the car. You see a green sign:
ANYTOWN USA
POPULATION XXX
What, for you, would XXX have to be for you to have an even chance of being able to beat anybody in town?
Assume here that all towns have a random representative sampling of United States residents. That's not true of course, but it makes things a lot easier.
For me, I think the answer is XXX= 20,000.
Here is what I think are reasonable labels based on the value of XXX
RATING VALUE OF XXX
_______ ____________
D 50
C 500
B 5,000
A 50,000 (6000 of these in the country)
shortstop 500,000 (600 of these in the country)
touring pro 5,000,000 (60 of these in the country)
world class 50,000,000 (6 of these in the country)
What would XXX be for you?
mike page
fargo
