The thread title is misleading. Americans (plural) don’t “want” anything.
Tom Z., after Vincent’s placement in Skate America, wrote a post where he wanted more camera angles, which I believe has been discussed elsewhere. There are direct links to Tom Z.’s social media comments, which I don’t have here.
The cited article not only incorrectly refers to Americans, but talks about the World Cup AFAIK, that had nothing to do with TomZ.’s suggestion. I don’t know this link, is it a “real” paper or a blog link of some sort?
Discussing whether skaters should have the opportunity to protest calls is certainly an issue, but without reference to this misleading article.
It does sort of feel like an attempt to stir up drama.
Side note: The ISU's Lakernik does agree with TZ re improving the quality of video replays, according to this article (or blog or whatever it is).
Excerpt:
However, some do not see in the proposal of Zakrajsek anything new. Vice-President of ISU Alexander Lakernik was one of the first to speak in this regard. According to him, video replays already exist and hardly demand changes at this moment, and he agreed with the opinion on bad technical equipment of judges.
''Zakrajsek is a good coach, professional, and his emotions in this case are understandable,'' said Lakernik. ''But video replays already exist in figure skating, in full amount, the judges and the audience can see them. The system is totally transparent. The only thing I would agree with in this case is the comment on the quality of these video replays, which should be improved.''
(I realize that the OP wants to focus on whether it should be possible to file protests -- but I previously was unaware of Lakernik's comments re the quality of video replays.)
Figure skating has always been behind the times when it comes to video replay technology so he's spot on. It was shameful how long it took to get them in the first place and that they're so rudimentary in application is honestly baffling.