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Ordinal judging has more mathematical subtlety to it than add-up-the-points scoring.
To give a trivial example of what I mean, consider this “controversial” result from Vancouver.
Domnina and Shabulin: 207.64
Belbin and Agosto: 203.07.
There is no mathemnatical ambiguity about who won. There is no misuderstanding about why Domnina and Shabulin won. They won because they got more points.
If there is a controversy it not about the scoring system, it is about those lyin’, cheatin’, politickin’ judges that rigged the whole thing in advance and gave high marks for a crapola skate by the Russians, while unfairly lowballing Belbin and Agosto.
Bungee cords have nothing to do with point-total scoring versus ordinal scoring.
For contrast, consider these ordinals given to three skaters, A, B, C
…………....Judge #1….Judge #2…..Judge #3
First...............A...............B............C
Second...........B...............C.............A
Third..............C...............A............ B
Who won?
Who won? It looks to me like all three skaters have one 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ordinal. Is it a tie?
Back to my point of which "bungee cords" are key.
It doesn't matter to me what type of scoring system is used if the SAME PEOPLE who put up with and were part of the manipulation and cheating are still running the show.
I don't care as much as you might think if skating is scored by 6.0 or the CoP. Both had flaws but I never saw the problem in skating as coming from the system and absolutely saw it coming from ISU and various federation officials.
So from my point of view your ordinal example has little meaning but allowing bungee cords for an inured team has major, "can't look the other way one more time" meaning.
Something about foxes and hen houses comes to mind.
And I can't forget "we had to go with anonymous scoring to try and "cut down" on the cheating."
Yikes the ultimate confession which had an impact most of you here refuse to come to terms with. It was a turn off that skating never recovered from in USA.
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