Knockdowns and damage give RP in ranked

The major flaw with ranked and rp it self is the assist timer. I have made mentions on this before that i can shoot someone still be engage team member downs him and i get no assist. If they just increase the timer on when it will give rp then it would be much better system. 

But to reward someone for sniping and doing damage is laughable. The point of ranked is competitive game play and to win. How is it rewarding or would it be rewarding to half arse the game and get a lot more rp then normal? 

My point stands a majority of ranked players are hard stuck in gold rank or lower. This says everything we need to know honestly. Thats it is not the rp system that is failing the player its the player failing them self. I do not sugarcoat things I say it how it is. I have zero problems sitting here saying the reason around 96% of the population is stuck in gold or lower is because their skill does not show to allow them to advance. Those of us who go to plat-pred work very hard for our rewards and rp. Why pull a chunk of the population out of their % bracket of their skill level because they can do damage at a distance or get rp for knocking someone. 

I personally would not ask for the ranked system to be changed if im stuck in a certain bracket rank. I would improve myself to ensure i can climb out myself. Not be handed free rp for pointless game play.