I think the arena management wants the skaters to take the ice for the warmup as soon as the performing skater has left the ice and is in the KnC. Especially now with CoP and all those numbers to be input, there can be quite a dead space between the time the skater bows and leaves the ice and all the marks are received in the KnC.
If the next skater had to wait until all the marks have finished being displayed and the last skater has left the KnC, the audience is sitting looking at nothing for at least 3 minutes, sometimes as much as 4-5 minutes, if some of the judges are slow.
At least the paid audience is seeing someone skating during this 'dead' time.
Thank you Joesitz f Sor your comments on my post.
Chuckm, you post good points. I would embrace this theory if all skating events were live to TV broadcast. Sadly, because they are not, the rush to the ice leaves no room for the audience to discuss, revel in, criticize, or simply enjoy the skater and the emotion with that skater as the scores are posted.
The taped events which give us clip of the next skater wriggling about while the scores of the first skater have not yet been displayed, supports the thought that that second skater is simply RUDE. Most skating viewers, I think, have never attended a live event to understand all which happens between performers.
For those who dislike the 3-5 minute wait between skaters as an audience participant, that's what binocular's are for! Check out the crowd, look into the skyboxes. Say HI to your neighbor, make new friends, watch the Zamboni, toss out all the junk food boxes which have been stuffed under your seat, stand in line for the Loo.
Quote: Mathman: It cuts both ways. (Kurt browning was a master at this, by the way). Yes, you can charge onto the ice and try to steal the applause from the previous skater.
Yes, I agree, however, Kurt was and is a Master of the ice and Ms Cohen always hoped to be. Sasha, as a very young skater displayed Diva behaviour which she has yet to earn.
One more note to Mathman's quote above, I commend the skating audiences throughout the world who uniformly refrain from applauding ANY skater who pops onto the ice before his/her name is called. So what's the point ???
