Sure and this is why its hard to make the list of the top 30 D or C in the league. After the 10 or 15 obvious #1s, the list becomes very disputed. But it doesn't change the fact that there are 30.
wait wait wait... so you admit that it is a sliding scale but then claim that its some subset of the pool of players who would get top D duties in perfect parity? Man I wish math was this subjective and open to parameter shifts. My job would be WAYYYY easier. And for the record I just went back through every comment in your thread, just to make sure I didn't mischaracterize something since you want to question my reading comprehension. You admitted to some shift in benchmarks back on pages 3 and 4, but your argument has really devolved since then.
Yeah I'm out here (weren't you blocking me like two pages ago anyways). If you don't get why centers 7 and 8 in a six team league would never be called #1 centers by anyone affiliated with the league, I'm out. You yourself admitted back on page 3 that the league would be more concentrated and the requirements to obtain said label would be higher. Specifically, I'm telling you they'd be so high that only 6 players meet them. But you're going to continue to tell me that, instead of using an objective metric based on positional need and league size, we the fans should just eyeball it and wing it.
Its been fun guys!