- Joined
- Dec 21, 2011
I personally agree with the change and do think a stop should be penalized severely. I might draw some distinction between issues out of skater's control (meaning, totally separate from skaters- i.e. lights go out, music stops as mentioned somewhere else here) but I think by and large, stopping should be penalized severely. I do see as a potential problem that severely injured athletes might try to push on and hurt themselves, but as adults, that is their choice/bad judgment. I think V/M should have been punished much more for their stop than they were (and they were not at all) and at the very least should not have been allowed to repeat the element that they missed. I think this rule is more fair than no penalty at all, and unlike some people I think 5 points is about right. It is a major disruption and should be treated as such.