Idea for Squad and Fleet Arena Payouts

I have some sympathy on the sniping element. It would be nice if the game just took your highest rank achieved since the last payout, and paid out on that basis. But then I guess potentially hundreds of players would be getting paid on the basis of achieving 1st... would that be so bad? I don't know. They got 1st, at a given time in the day, and under the current rules it counted for nothing... the only real way to hold it is to make sure you're in battle at your payout time, does that make them a better player? I think not.