Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
Well, that's what happens when you only watch for two days every four years. Imagine trying to pick up on the rules for baseball if you never played and only watched the the last World Series game every leap year. 
Not sure why you're giving me the rolleyes as I freely admit I'm not familiar with the sport nor am I trying to learn it. I'm simply making the observation that the "experts" involved (if we can call TV commentators experts) continue to moan about how so-and-so got robbed--a fatal flaw in a sport completely based on judgement.
Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
Speaking of up in the air, do you all consider gymnastics a sport? It's based on judgement calls too. So is boxing, for that matter, and heck, so is football.
Basketball and baseball too. However the stick and ball sports are not completely based on judgement calls because one team still has to beat the other. Gymnastics is a better comparison, yet they don't suffer nearly as many controversies as ice skating. So obviously it is possible to have a system based on judgement and be consistent, but the skating world can't figure out how to do it.
-- 1999 SVT #220 --
In retrospect, it was all downhill from here. RIP, CEG.
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