^ Still, I think that the OP's main point is this. Hey, I just watched dancing with the Stars! That was really fun! I could understand what each judges' score meant, cheer or boo if I wanted to, and follow along with the judges' criticism and advice to the dancers.
Watching figure skating? Not so much fun these days.
YES! :yes:
Something about the current judging system needs to be changed so that the poor benighted unwashed can understand it. Notice, I did NOT ( not not not not not not not) say that those poor benighted unwashed should be "educated". :noshake: Who in the heck wants to feel like they need to be "educated" to watch a sport? And I'm sorry, I am not going to watch a video 15 times to see if someone twirled an extra 1/4 rotation or landed on the inside/outside/tippy toe of their skate.
And I am decidedly old enough to remember 6.0. Yes, I know about ordinals, rankings, blah de blah, and the system definitely shafted my favorite skater, it was still more *fun* to watch. Please don't underestimate fun.
And dear heavens, if someone says, but it's a sport, I won't be accountable for my actions, I truly won't......