[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Defending ice dancing, the ISU and judging

[Aberforth's Goat]

Andrew took a

> step or six back

and contributed

> a rather radical proposal:

> Any 'sport' that requires external
> judging, where that judging awards/affects points
> should NOT be an Olympic sport.  That they are
> athletic in nature is a given.  But when the
> subjective nature of the judging is integral to the
> placements of the finishers, then the contest is not
> only between the open competitors but also
> amongst/between the judges...and the nations the
> judges really represent.

Phew! That's sounds a little tough. No more gymnasts, divers or
ski jumpers? (Actually, no. Scratch ski jumping. Switzerland has
a star or two and they currently have this obscenely boring sport
on TV all the time, and it's driving me crazy, and I'm for
banning it forever.)

Somehow, I think these qualitative sports are simply too
beautiful to chuck, even if they are a pain. I'm not sure I could
imagine caring about the Olympics if all it had left were a bunch
of people running around in circles really fast.

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
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"Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may
not have been bravery...."




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