- Joined
- Jun 21, 2003
C'mon, everyone knows those cheesefests paid for that new fabulous rink in LA. I'm sure she got a hefty stipend just to enter.
That's what I said. Michelle never turned down a cheesefest, even while skipping the Grand Prix, because she could win $50,000 plus appearance money under the table.
Unfortunately, that was then, this is now. I doubt if this venture will make that kind of money to dole out to the skaters.
Why not the active skaters? Did they mention only for retired skaters? I'd like to see Ashley, Hanyu, Sotnikova, Chen.
I am lukewarm about that idea. I do not have much interest in seeing Stephane Lambiel "competing" against 12-year-old Nathan Chen for CoP points, or Shizuka Arakawa trading jumps with 14-year-old Adelena Sotnikova.
The plan is to get a mix of still active world and Olympic medalists, together with recently retired skaters with the same credentials. As always, we will have to wait and see.