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- Jul 11, 2003
Good point but I'm skeptical of the conclusion. By and large the skating fans on this board are very much appreciative of whatever they can see on TV. Nothing wrong with that, but unlike team sports, those Fans do not play the games as amateurs in a playground setting. Even, in the playgrounds of NYC, you will see ladies playing Tennis and its variations like handball, etc., and enjoying the sport for what it is. Sport is combat. Organized Sports do not come with sequins, but uniforms. Figure Skating comes with showbiz, and for those fans it is enjoyed in a comfortable setting at home, but would they go to a rink and try a waltz jump? Only those few interested in making it their sport would work at it. I hope it's the tricks and not the sequins that make them want to be a part of it.Do skaters, male and female, need to fight to man up and make figure skating a real sport?
I can guarantee the rating will go through the roof in the US.
I blame the media for making it a little girls sport and jumping on it for any illusion to scandal in the US, but even so the adherents continue to love it so it is hanging in there - by a thread.
I think it's too late to bring back the glory days in the US. There are so many new extreme sports to thrill us, and ballet and opera, and films continue to be selling well.