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Ah, Wikipedia, the know all about everything.
And having to make the jumps easier is a test of great skill -no? Although it is another thread, I would like to allow skaters to do what's best for them. If they choose to take the easy route, so be it but there should be nothing in the way of music. It is a sporting competition and lets the frills be added in the LP. Why do I have to look at that same spirals in two separate competitions?
Sometimes a few Euro nuts at GS object to anything i post if there is no link - so i provided the link
I disagreed with you without saying so - about YOUR premise for how the SP was originated.
I think in your heart you know why - it was about TV money opportunities for ISU - and also because fans in the arenas watching the free skates (but never the figures portion) couldn't understand how a skater like Trixie or any others ever beat the emerging free skaters like Janet.
Maybe you disagree - but it is not hard to understand the influence of USA TV money at the time.
I think it was a good thing for skating to devalue the compulsary figures - which were at about 60% of the score back in the 60's