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Where I came from we say, "You can always tell a Swede. But you can't tell him much!"Begging pardon of any Ukrainian board members, I find it difficult to locate 2 Ukrainians who agree about anything significant...
AFAIK that hasn't happened yet. Someone sneaking in an tampering with the computer. (It's just a matter of time, though, LOL.Also ... has the ISU stopped tossing 3 random scores? The computer scoring program has to be compromised to assure that the "correct" judges' scores will be counted at all competitions involved in the fix. And wouldn't all the tech panelists have to be recruited as well so they don't make "wrong" calls?
But the thing about the random draw, that could work either for against the conspirators. If there were four bad guys on a panel of ten, the draw might waeken their hand (if their scores were randomly thrown out), or strengthen it (if some of the good guys' scores were discarded instead).
I think the ISU's justification of anonymous judging is classic.I'm no fan of the anonymous judging...
The assumption is, the judges are honest, the federations are crooks. The judges want to judge impartially but if they do, they will get in trouble with their federations who expect them to go along with the game plan.
Therefore, anonymous judging is good because the judges can vote their conscience and then afterward lie to their fedeartion chiefs about it and get away with it. "Yup, boss, I voted for the Lithuanian over the guy from Hong Kong, just like you told me to. It must have been someone else that gave the Hong Kong guy all those 7's in PCSs." hwell:
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