Yes range is important and does play a role in this game.
If a player is rated for a skill that skill has been incorporated in the game.
APBA ( the first sophisticated SIM game which came out as a dice/board game in 1950) does not use range in its algorithms and does not therefore have a range rating.

All ratings are between 9.9 (high or good) and 0.1 (low or poor).

Mike Bravard (PB)