Bit of a false dichotomy, everybody who's legit trains live or whatever. But the intent of Kano or Helio (I know, I know) was never to make competition the centerpiece and they had a point.
That doesn't mean don't have competitions, that's not what I'm saying. But getting so fixated on winning competitions at all cost to practicality, having full time professional athletes, etc.
It's like in class sometimes you have a guy who's constantly turtling up, he's getting dominated but technically he's not losing. Like Ryron vs Galvao. Well I could beat him to death very quickly if we were in the parking lot, he's engaging in a dishonest strategy that will get him destroyed in a real fight. Maybe he uses this strategy to somehow outlast me and catch me in a sub after 15 minutes of running...so he's better? lol
Now in a class, your coach can say "hey, don't do that, it's stupid", but in a comp if it's legal people game the rules and develop these obtuse strategies...then other guys who want to win comps learn those strategies and the whole thing is totally stupid after a while.
If you make that illegal, people find other ways to indulge their lack of integrity. After a while, there's too many rules and again, the whole thing is stupid. Are these people REALLY the best fighters or the best at gaming that rule set?
Yeah, you gotta do Judo or wrestling to be a real grappler.