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I give Dick Button credit for sensing immediately that TV audiences needed to know that Mirai lost because of UR calls and explaining that to them. I could be wrong but I think he was the first person to mention that to NBC's audiences.
I was talking about the segments they ran before the dance and ladies where all he was talking about was how much he wanted Sasha to make the Olympic teams, her positions, her extensions, blah blah blah.
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My problem isn't so much that Mirai's jumps got dinged -- although frankly if Scott Hamilton can't see a problem I have to believe the calls were questionable -- but that her superiority in other areas was not recognized. Or to put it as you did, how do you think it makes the girls feel who learned to skate beautifully and not just correctly?
Scott freely admitted he f'd it up - as did NBC who should have shown the replays of Mirai's jumps. As for the girls who learned improper technique, it should make them realize that they need to go home and fix it if they want to keep improving their marks and placings.
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