Typically, I don't like stats that ignore what actually happened in favor of what's "fair" based on subjective measures--in this case, 36 feet is a "heave," but 35 feet is not. (A good example of this is using ERA in baseball instead of RA9.) That said, I think this is, overall, a good change for the reasons you stated.
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Typically, I don't like stats that ignore what actually happened in favor of what's "fair" based on subjective measures--in this case, 36 feet is a "heave," but 35 feet is not. (A good example of this is using ERA in baseball instead of RA9.) That said, I think this is, overall, a good change for the reasons you stated.