Christine Brennan
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Kuchana said:
Interesting, indeed. Making the assumption that this might be true [we have to consider the source after all], doesn't this strike anyone as being just a little CAPRICOUS?? If you have aspirations for the upcoming Olympics, and then turn around and team up with someone who is not yet a citizen, shouldn't this be one of the issues one talks about before pairing up? Granted, Peter was not available at the time Stiegler & Magerovsky hooked up -- but still. Is Magerovsky supposed to be like her TEST MODEL or something to see how succesful she can be in Dance? Like I said, it may not even be true -- but if it is, I for one say that if Stiegler in fact does this, as much as I like Peter T, I will definitely be rooting heavily against them next season as I think this kind of thing is flat-out RUDE. And it's a variation of this kind of mentality that partly explains the sorry state of Pairs skating in this country at the moment.
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JohnnyCoop, I would say that if Brennan's information is correct, then the same one is available to Sergei. He is an adult, and can make his own decisions. I would find it hard to imagine him not being privy to the informatin that a reporter has.
Hi Jonny,
So, besides Tiffany Steigler, just what does the Peter T. rumor have to do with PAIRS skating?
I think the state of dance is definitely not a great one in regards to the upcoming Olympics. With so many of the teams having at least one partner ineligible due to citizenship requirements, we may or may not get to send our best dancers, who may or may not have medal expectations.
As to the Peter T. rumor itself......it's just a rumor. Maybe better put as a wish by some in the skating community. Hey, how do we know that Peter didn't start it himself?
Peter has said he'd like to compete, probably because he never got a world medal or an Olympic medal. Maybe he just likes to be out there. Maybe he's just trying to beef up his own coaching practice. Besides, who needs any rumor to show such a hunk on national tv! 
So, besides Tiffany Steigler, just what does the Peter T. rumor have to do with PAIRS skating?
I think the state of dance is definitely not a great one in regards to the upcoming Olympics. With so many of the teams having at least one partner ineligible due to citizenship requirements, we may or may not get to send our best dancers, who may or may not have medal expectations.As to the Peter T. rumor itself......it's just a rumor. Maybe better put as a wish by some in the skating community. Hey, how do we know that Peter didn't start it himself?
Peter has said he'd like to compete, probably because he never got a world medal or an Olympic medal. Maybe he just likes to be out there. Maybe he's just trying to beef up his own coaching practice. Besides, who needs any rumor to show such a hunk on national tv! Ptichka said:
You do have a point. I think there was something in the way the news/rumor/story, whatever you want to call it, was worded that kind of set me off. Still, I would think it would be a bit silly to just team up with someone under those circumstances, knowing you could be discarded later on. After all, we're not talking TEST PARTNERS here, we're talking actual competition. Brennan's probably talking out her hat, anyway; perhaps she was joking and with that monotone, who could tell?
JOHIO2 said:Hi Jonny,
So, besides Tiffany Steigler, just what does the Peter T. rumor have to do with PAIRS skating?
As to the Peter T. rumor itself......it's just a rumor. Maybe better put as a wish by some in the skating community. Hey, how do we know that Peter didn't start it himself?
I'm doing 2 different posts here since I haven't the slightest idea how to put quotes from 2 different posts into the same one of my own....
Anyway --
What I am referring to is the mentality among US pairs wherein a pair hooks up in like April, struggles through their first Nationals in January since they haven't been together long enough to really gel as a cohesive unit, then they split up in February and go off with other partners. It's like Musical Chairs or something, Change Your Partner, Dosey-doh. :sheesh: :sheesh: This however does not explain what is wrong with Scott & Dulebohn, because certainly by all rights they should by HEADS above the rest of the field right now, as opposed to losing more ground every year.
ITA agree that due to citizenship issues, we are not going to be sending our best team possible to the Dance competition in Torino. However -- even with the ineligibles not going, we can and have looked worse in the past. US Dance has become much better and we have much more depth now than what we've had.
As far as who needs a rumor to show such a hunk on national TV -- well, I'm with you on that one. Maybe HE should be doing commentary, actually....
Tho I hope he's lost that bleached hair. :sheesh:JOHIO2 said:
Unfortunately, that would be a presumption; I don't even have cable. Which is one of the reasons I really really REALLY hate that hideous new contract that got negotiated; I'm going to have to have someone TAPE the dang Worlds for me so I can watch it DAYS later.
x 12 !!!!Jonny,
I really hate the way they have made figure skating into a cable-only sport. Why doesn't ABC step up to the plate and broadcast worlds? It really is not fair to the average viewer.
It ranks up there with baseball. The Cleveland Indians have done the same thing. For years, a local on-air station broadcast Indians games...for free.. to us poor schmucks who can't afford the price of season tickets. Then, the newest owners closed out the local station for a cable-only contract with Fox Sports. Okay, they broadcast the same number or more games. And yeah, they now reach areas that the on-air station didn't reach. But they made following the Tribe an elitist activity. Makes me regret voting for the bond issue that built the Gateway sports project. At least the Cavaliers still show some games on local tv.
Way of the world, unfortunately. I know I am not the only person being left behind by the ever changing technical world. Without a computer, anyone is left behind today. And now, I find that not being able to afford broadband internet access leaves me falling behind too.
And don't get me started with high definition tv and digital broadcasts. Right now, you can still watch tv with your old black and white with rabbit ears antenna. Wonder how long that will last?
I really hate the way they have made figure skating into a cable-only sport. Why doesn't ABC step up to the plate and broadcast worlds? It really is not fair to the average viewer.
It ranks up there with baseball. The Cleveland Indians have done the same thing. For years, a local on-air station broadcast Indians games...for free.. to us poor schmucks who can't afford the price of season tickets. Then, the newest owners closed out the local station for a cable-only contract with Fox Sports. Okay, they broadcast the same number or more games. And yeah, they now reach areas that the on-air station didn't reach. But they made following the Tribe an elitist activity. Makes me regret voting for the bond issue that built the Gateway sports project. At least the Cavaliers still show some games on local tv.
Way of the world, unfortunately. I know I am not the only person being left behind by the ever changing technical world. Without a computer, anyone is left behind today. And now, I find that not being able to afford broadband internet access leaves me falling behind too.
And don't get me started with high definition tv and digital broadcasts. Right now, you can still watch tv with your old black and white with rabbit ears antenna. Wonder how long that will last?
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Is it just me, but did you guys notice her smiling when she was reporting on Angela's loss and Tim's reaction. At least a bit of sincerity would've been appreciated!
You don't have to be smiling on the camera all the time...
You don't have to be smiling on the camera all the time...
JOHIO2 said:
I'm not actually blaming ABC; from what I've been able to piece together about the TV contracts, I rather suspect there is more ISU/Cinquatta* inteptitude at work here.
The way I understand it is, ABC had to negotiate two seperate contracts, one with the ISU and one with the USFSA. So the contract with the USFSA allows them to broadcast Skate America and the Nationals, as those are USFSA events. When it came to the ISU, tho, I seem to recall hearing that they were told you either broadcast the ENTIRE GP, the Euros, the 4Cs, and the Worlds, or you get nothing at all. Since GP viewership was down, ABC probably decided, despite the ratings the Worlds would bring in, it wouldn't overall offset the ratings loss they supposedly would get from the GP. (Bear in mind, the networks are supposedly so financially strapped right now that they're re-running episodes of the same show [Desperate Housewives, CSI, etc] 3 or 4 times a week, and ABC is going reality show crazy [even splitting Extreme Makeover Home Edition into 2 shows now] because it's cheaper.]
So, in a nutshell, I blame the ISU's All Or Nothing, Take It or Leave It attitude for it. Leave it to that inept idiot Cinquatta to be behind something like this at a time when skating needs all the good PR it can get; the ramifications of the SLC scandal are still being felt.
*I'm pretty sure I spelled his name wrong and I could get up and look it up, but when it comes to HIM, I'm not going to bother.
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JonnyCoop said:Unfortunately, that would be a presumption; I don't even have cable. Which is one of the reasons I really really REALLY hate that hideous new contract that got negotiated; I'm going to have to have someone TAPE the dang Worlds for me so I can watch it DAYS later.
You and I both, JonnyCoop. I have ESPN, but I am terrible with taping. Maybe we can pay Realtorgal to tape it lol...she lives like...minutes away from me, I think.
