I bet $100 that YNK will be back to competition next season. After the ice show this week and all the OGM dust settles, she will ask herself, now what else can I do? She is young, and skating is what she does. She is not going to go academia for now after all these years. She will realize soon it is too early for retirement when her peak in terms of her competitive ability hasn't yet come.
I will say in a month or two, what did I say on April 11th?
I can see that. In the you tube video cooper posted earlier in this forum showing her talking while she was doing a photo shoot she spoke about how difficult it was for her to go to school. She couldn't possibly go to school with her celebrity. She can only do so many commercials in a year and public events before she gets totally bored or tired of it. That would be like living in a zoo. She may miss the stability, peacefulness, discipline and exhileration of being and training as a high performing athlete and come back for more. I also understand you can't stay off from ice for too long before you lose your jumps so she can't take months to decide.