I feel like my point was missed a bit; let me repost a part of your comment with one detail (the sport) changed:
Anyhow, I don’t think there should be an “even playing field” because that’s not realistic. Where would you ever encounter a perfectly flat tennis court, other than at a tennis game? It would be fine if that artificial constraint led to more interesting humans, but it doesn’t. It leads to boring matches.
Tennis games aren’t perfectly flat. Wimbledon is famous for being played on grass, which isn’t flat even before the wear and tear sets in. And that’s in a sport where judging the bounce of the ball is critically important.
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I feel like my point was missed a bit; let me repost a part of your comment with one detail (the sport) changed:
Does that illustrate better what I am getting at?
Tennis games aren’t perfectly flat. Wimbledon is famous for being played on grass, which isn’t flat even before the wear and tear sets in. And that’s in a sport where judging the bounce of the ball is critically important.