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There has been some discussion about this in another thread and I wanted to propse my idea and get some feedback, so I created a new thread.
What do you think of my idea of scraping Four Contintents and creating a North American Championship and a Pacific Championship? Travel and dates are big issues in Four Contintents and they are the primary reason why it is still regarded as a useless competition. It is never going to be on par with Europeans. A North American Championship would create a great rivalry as would a Pacific Championship. It would also creat two sources of revenue instead of one My reasoning for this is as follows (taken from another post of mine):
When you look at Four Continents now the medal hunt is sometimes only between two or three counties. Last year, the top four pairs were either Canadian or Chinese then the next three places were all American. The top 6 dance teams were all American or Canadian. The top 8 men were all Canadian, American, or Japanese. There really isn't that much of an international aspect when you look at it that way, I don't think. Simply put Europeans has many more countries competing than at Four Continents.
With the travel requirements, the dates of 4CC usually don't work for the skaters either. Canadian and US Nationals aren't going to change their dates. There's no way that US Nationals will be bumped up because of football playoffs. Canadian Nationals won't be pumped up either because of the World Juniors. Take in other factors such as the holiday season, and it just won't work.
Four Contintents is going to keep being regarded as a useless competition until some changes are made to the competition set-up, in my view. I think it would be a big draw if you pit the Americans/Canadians against each other - look at the rivalry that exists in hockey between the two countries (especially in Juniors). China/Japan/Korea would also create a big draw too I think.This would create twice the revenue for the ISU
What do you all think of my idea?
What do you think of my idea of scraping Four Contintents and creating a North American Championship and a Pacific Championship? Travel and dates are big issues in Four Contintents and they are the primary reason why it is still regarded as a useless competition. It is never going to be on par with Europeans. A North American Championship would create a great rivalry as would a Pacific Championship. It would also creat two sources of revenue instead of one My reasoning for this is as follows (taken from another post of mine):
When you look at Four Continents now the medal hunt is sometimes only between two or three counties. Last year, the top four pairs were either Canadian or Chinese then the next three places were all American. The top 6 dance teams were all American or Canadian. The top 8 men were all Canadian, American, or Japanese. There really isn't that much of an international aspect when you look at it that way, I don't think. Simply put Europeans has many more countries competing than at Four Continents.
With the travel requirements, the dates of 4CC usually don't work for the skaters either. Canadian and US Nationals aren't going to change their dates. There's no way that US Nationals will be bumped up because of football playoffs. Canadian Nationals won't be pumped up either because of the World Juniors. Take in other factors such as the holiday season, and it just won't work.
Four Contintents is going to keep being regarded as a useless competition until some changes are made to the competition set-up, in my view. I think it would be a big draw if you pit the Americans/Canadians against each other - look at the rivalry that exists in hockey between the two countries (especially in Juniors). China/Japan/Korea would also create a big draw too I think.This would create twice the revenue for the ISU
What do you all think of my idea?