That is a shame. Was it gkelly that did quite a detailed propsal for a point bonus with various options e.g. double axel and five triples get one bonus, all six triples gets a higher bonus, all six triples but phrased in some way so that one can be a quad gets an even higher bonus. There was also something about how low the GOE could be in order to count for the bonus.
I liked that idea a lot.
Thanks.
Actually, what I proposed was:
2.00 bonus for including six different takeoffs as doubles or better.
4.00 bonus for including six different takeoffs as triples or better.*
*Up for discussion whether female skaters should qualify for it if they do five triples and double axel. I didn't propose an intermediate bonus for that jump content, which would also apply to men without triple axels. What do you think -- 3.00 for that content? Or just define the 4.00 bonus that way for everyone, since having the triple axel is already rewarded sufficiently in its base mark?
4.00 bonus for including eight different takeoffs as doubles or better (if double walley and double inside axel would be added to the scale of values)
No extra bonus for doing quads, but a quad could count toward the higher bonus instead of a triple of the same takeoff.
So even if you do no triples at all you could still earn the 2.00 bonus.
If you only have 2A, 3T, and 3S, don't fill seven jump passes by repeating those jumps with and without double toes -- despite the lower base mark there's incentive to include all of double loop, flip, and lutz if you don't have the triples.
If you have five different triples, find a way to fit in a double of the takeoff you don't have. Of course it would also help if jumps in jump sequences received their full value.
Downgraded quads count as triples. Downgraded triples count as doubles. Downgraded doubles don't count. Lutzes and flips with "e" calls don't count.
GOE must average -1 (i.e., basically completed with a minor flaw or a moderate flaw and other good aspects to compensate) or better for the jump to count toward the bonus.
But I realized there is a problem with that criterion. What do you do for a jump combination in which there are two flaws or a moderate-to-serious flaw on one jump, even a fall on the second jump, but the other jump is clean and correct? The GOE would be lower than -1 because of the bad jump, but should the good jump count toward the bonus? If the bad one was repeated successfully in a different jump pass, would the skater still be eligible for the bonus? I'm not sure how to solve that apart from having the technical controller or the referee verify each jump manually to determine who does or doesn't earn the bonus.
Anyway, I know of no movement to institute any kind of reward for variety of jump takeoffs beyond the Zayak rule and the axel requirement. I've only heard discussion among fans, so I tried to think of a fair way to reward it.
Still, if a skater just plain can not do a certain jump (e.g., flutzes on the double lutz and is inconsistent landing it, isn't even close to a triple), there would be no point in trying it in hopes of the smaller bonus which she's not going to earn anyway. Might as well use the spot for a jump she can actually do.