Dee4707 said:...
My original question was........Any thoughts on why she stays with COI??
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Dee
As I said before, I think she stays with COI because she can't do SOI and compete at the same time (that she could retain her Oly eligibility while touring is different -- I'm talking about actually competing at Nats and Worlds, while touring with SOI -- and no skater that I know of has ever been able to do both in the same season). Also, SOI (in the non-Oly years) is a longer tour, and with each "big name" doing two solos plus group numbers plus intro and finale (as opposed to COI -- intro, one solo, finale), I would think SOI puts more wear and tear on the body.