Assist Change Suggestion

I've been going at this for the last six months whether Riot Games should add a new assist stat to the game & I believe it would revolutionize the whole assist gameplay. My suggestion is to make two types of assists, one of which is the way currently assists work and the other is more like you were there to make the opposing team's champion(s) to change their stance. I would call these two types of assists Contact Assist & Zone Assist.

How Contact Assists work would be similar to the current way assists would work as in either do damage to the opposing champion heal or shield your allied champion in anyway.

How Zone Assists work would be an entirely new concept where in you just have to be with in a prescribed distance to the champion to use your abilities. I would also make a maximum outer threshold to stop people with Global Ultimates from getting them outright.

With my new system suggestion we could more accurately track players on the board of a game and give more gold to the players whom didn't necessarily do any kills in a fight if they were injured or just couldn't make contact with the opposing team or help out their ally with a heal or a shield. I hope this will peak someone's interest & if Riot Games ends up using it for the game's improvement I would be floored.