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- Jul 11, 2003
Unfortunately, there are Posters who talk about the informed fans which rule out all the problems of other fans who do not keep abreast of the various changes in scoring or understanding of the scoring. I could add that kind of thinking is why interest in figure skating is joyless and has already begun to fade away its one-time popularity.If the Mathman says this, it's really a deep problem. After all, you GET the math. And I completely agree with your point about how the CoP puts a barrier between the skaters and the audience. Most of us will stay with skating because our love for it is so deep even when we don't understand the results. But it will indeed drive potential fans away, because fandom starts looking like something they have to be qualified for. You can't say this often enough.