For a skater who often falls behind in the SP, dropping it altogether is the most desirable solution.
How about you let us enjoy the SP and you can just not watch it. That would be fine with me. See you at the FS :sarcasm:
For a skater who often falls behind in the SP, dropping it altogether is the most desirable solution.
Looks like Cinquanta created this pot stirrer as smoke and mirrors to push aside the judging controversy discussion at Worlds.
For a skater who often falls behind in the SP, dropping it altogether is the most desirable solution.
I know!! he is clueless.Good grief. Are you one of Speedy's paid flunkies? You're as clueless as he is. :confused2: :confused2:
For a skater who often falls behind in the SP, dropping it altogether is the most desirable solution.
Yes, I love the come back, it shows true sportsmanship, you fell, keep moving on, don't give up. Now they are trying to take that away because they think it's costly! It's Speedy fault for making up all the controversies and now he is trying to out the blame on the sport itself?You do realize that they fall behind or make mistakes in SP because they have hard time controlling nerves, most of the time.. and some skaters like Mao skated clean in FP because she was out of medal contention and had nothing to lose. Not because she hates SP or anything like that. so it won't make any difference whatsoever.
You do realize that they fall behind or make mistakes in SP because they have hard time controlling nerves, most of the time.. and some skaters like Mao skated clean in FP because she was out of medal contention and had nothing to lose. Not because she hates SP or anything like that. so it won't make any difference whatsoever.
Not to mention how cowardice that is. If they have that kind of attitude, they not even should be in the sport from the start.How about you let us enjoy the SP and you can just not watch it. That would be fine with me. See you at the FS :sarcasm:
Cuts down on toner expenses!
to be honest if they eliminate shorts this sport is pretty much done. if i were someone who were looking into figure skating as a potential sport it wouldn't interest me anymore, comparing it to what it was before. events/competitions will be SO much shorter. one skate and you're done. where's the fun in that? no one's going to want to watch anymore...as if anyone watched now here in the US anyway. there will be less variety in training and IMO i would not want to train one program all season long. there would be less of a challenge and it would become boring. sure it would be cheaper in some ways for everyone but really...this is NOT the right thing to do.
This is it. Mess with the system -> cut costs -> cut fans, viewers -> cut costs further -> kill sport.
They should totally capitalize on people like Yuzu, Yulia, Jason now when the iron is hot & get rid of nameless judging -> create idols to follow & make scoring understandable -> get more fans -> get more money.
Austerity will not work. It will not bring MORE money. The only thing to do is invest, not cut.
I like the current way, but I think the alternative is better this way if anything happened. The more-medals doesn't concern event operation costs, but it doesn't add much either except the cost of medals - wait, SP & FS already have separate small medals! I also think keeping the current medal as the overall score.More medals, more money, huh? And they are trying to cut costs here.
Seriously they should not cut the short program, that will only harm firgure skating.:disapp: if that happens, there will be no comeback, no second chance for the skaters to prove themselves within one competition.
This is it. Mess with the system -> cut costs -> cut fans, viewers -> cut costs further -> kill sport.
They should totally capitalize on people like Yuzu, Yulia, Jason now when the iron is hot & get rid of nameless judging -> create idols to follow & make scoring understandable -> get more fans -> get more money.
Austerity will not work. It will not bring MORE money. The only thing to do is invest, not cut.
One major reason that Cinquanta had was because it'll cut skaters' prep costs (like he cares) - in this case, giving them choice of one or two disciplines would allow them more efficient use of their resources by focusing on their strengths.
I♥Yuna;896135 said:But isn't cutting costs going to have a trickle-down effect on everyone invovled in the skater's prep?
If coaches, choreographers, rinks, seamstresses, etc. suddenly found their income cut by anywhere up to half, they would necessarily have to raise their prices in order to continue making a living. Maybe someone who knows more about economics can confirm this, but I get the feeling that any "savings" brought about by this decision (for the skaters) would be short-lived.
True. Hence why Cinquanta's reasoning does not make sense.I♥Yuna;896135 said:But isn't cutting costs going to have a trickle-down effect on everyone invovled in the skater's prep?
If coaches, choreographers, rinks, seamstresses, etc. suddenly found their income cut by anywhere up to half, they would necessarily have to raise their prices in order to continue making a living. Maybe someone who knows more about economics can confirm this, but I get the feeling that any "savings" brought about by this decision (for the skaters) would be short-lived.