Quote, Caps for emphasis: "Once again, THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE SIMPLY AN ILLUSTRATION, but you can see that higher rated players are able to generate a higher return per staked SPS and for a larger amount of staked SPS than lower-rated players." These were never official numbers, they were used as an example...
I am not sure why people are getting upset, this SPS requirment is in the original whitepaper
Heck the sps requirment is reduced since the original white paper. https://sps.splinterlands.com/rewards/ranked-battles
Quote, Caps for emphasis: "Once again, THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE SIMPLY AN ILLUSTRATION, but you can see that higher rated players are able to generate a higher return per staked SPS and for a larger amount of staked SPS than lower-rated players." These were never official numbers, they were used as an example...
Sure, the DAO can absolutely distribute its SPS to players or in any other way it chooses.
The SPS requirement is horse shit for sure.