You are so hung up on the word skill.
They could have called them bantha points. It doesn't matter. You win, you get awarded bantha points. You lose, they take away bantha points.
You get matched with people of equal bantha points to you. It's a bantha based system.
If someone came along who actually had a real bantha it makes no difference to how this competition works.
The developers had to call the system something. They called it bantha. Developing your roster further will rightfully get you more bantha points. Being better at using your roster will also get you more bantha points. And get you better rewards.
Bantha.
