I think for next year, or 2010, the ranking structure needs a revision, i think not only the players who reach the final table should be awarded with points for the ranking, i think points should be given on how deep into the tournament you finished.
I will give you an example to explain my self about this:
Let's compare two players who participated on 5 tournaments, Monthly $30k, Weekly $5k, Daily $500, $100 Daily turbo and a Point Builder II.
Player 1 finished with the following results: 37th, 12th, 7th, 10th and 21st, respectively in same order as the tournaments mentioned above.
Player 2 finished with the following results: 1,246th, 4th, 924th, 352nd and 103rd, respectively in same order as the tournaments mentioned above.
Player 2 got kicked out from most of the tourneys very fast, and had just one good tourney, the weekly $5k (4th place), this only tourney will give him a huge lead over Player 1 who was always flirting with the final table, but got only once in not a big Tourney.
I think that, is not fair that Player 2 is ranked in better position than Player 1, and this should be different.
The SPOY ranking should start giving points not only to final table players, but for lower finish position as well, always depending on how many players began the tournament.
It's my humble suggestion, and i hope it's taken in consideration for future changes to the SPOY ranking.-
Quantic.-
legendkiller
Honestly, who cares what your "ranking" is unless you are #1. Nobody else gets anything but an inflated ego.