Some sports are pricier than others. However, when the ISU decides to make things even more expensive for young athletes by creating a very dubious version of synchro, we got to call a spade a spade. It's not going to make it more accessible. It will be more expensive than before, no matter how you turn it around.
I think we could turn it around like this. There will still be 24s, 20s, 16s, etc., which have their own competitions, world championships. etc.
well.. againI think we could turn it around like this. There will still be 24s, 20s, 16s, etc., which have their own competitions, world championships. etc.
There will also be a new sport, 9s, for the extra rich who want to go to the Olympics. But right now no synchro skaters at all, rich or poor, can go to the Olympics. What are we giving up?
By the way, the Crystalettes held a "golfing outing" in September to raise money for their sychro skating program.
we are back to square one. If there is an Olympic sport with 9 skaters, that means that the other divisions will most likely be even less of interest and thus, even less funded. Look at Skate Canada, including synchro at Nationals. They are trying to give it some profile. They are all about inclusivity with same sex partnerships and avoiding Alberta. All of it is to promote participation of all kids. Not just the super rich kids. I have mentioned what happened to rugby already in this thread. If you think it's cool to have an olympic sport for the super rich, you can still enrol in bobsleigh.
At some point, I was divided but then, some sports like breakdancing and skateboarding have been included. So why not ?
Well, that's the same for rhythmic gymnastics or even artistic swimming. If you haven't tried some artistic swimming moves, you have NO IDEA it's probably the hardest sport in the world. It ranks really high on my radar. It's SO hard. Yet, some people think Esther Williams (who by the way was a very strong freestyle swimmer) and mermaids with gelled hair and nose clips when they see these admirable athletes.
Sure. Same in figure skating LOL yet they are not making it any simpler for the public to understand with the choreo elements in ice dance for instance.
? I don't agree with that. Some of the biggest moments for some of these sports have come to the Olympics. For instance, the gold medal victory for Canadian men in hockey on home ice. etc.
Nothing wrong with that. Gold and tennis are perhaps two sports that aren't needed at the Olympics. Yet, I do enjoy tennis, especially mixed doubles at the Olympics.
Wow
Ski jumping and acrobatic ski are two different sports. Not sure why the comparison between both. It's like comparing speed skating and figure skating saying that wow, skaters only needed to skate fast, now they need to jump while wearing beaded costumes. Crazy.I can remember when ski jumping was the premier event of the Winter Olympics. Win the (Mens) Gold Medal and make a million dollars off the publicity and endorsement opportunities. You launch yourself into the air, then land a few seconds later (and a hundred meters downslope.)
Well, nowadays you are expected to do somersaults and twists while you are in the air, if you want to bring the sport up to date. (I don't know that there is any analogue for figure skating to "extreme" youth sports, though.)
. . HAHA In the sake of keeping the Olympic truce, I will say that I was just joking 
Well synchronised swimming is well embedded.
now look up her prize money from ski alone. Probably in the negative.OT -- OK, so all this made me curious about who is the most financially successful Olympic skier of all time.
It's Vanessa-Mae, the violinist (US $45,000,000, mostly from record sales and performances) who competed for Thailand at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
I think that's to give viewers a break after watching a few hundred heats, preliminaries, semis and finals in all possible strokes at all possible distances, and don't forget relays, in swimming races. When you are sufficiently glassy-eyed, you appreciate something that is pleasing to look at.
That's true, and the same goes for "team" gymnastics. Where's the team? Everyone just competes as an individual, then you add the numbers together.
We should never discount the value of competing on a team even if the details of the competition with the team don't really look any different than if they were competing as individuals.That's true, and the same goes for "team" gymnastics. Where's the team? Everyone just competes as an individual, then you add the numbers together.
Well, natch. How are you going to make any money going down a mountain side on skis?
yeah right... as if playing the violin was gonna make people rich.Well, natch. How are you going to make any money going down a mountain side on skis?
My advice -- take up the violin.
Boring is a matter of taste and culture. Witness the number of Olympic and other sports, and pretty much anything else people pay to watch, that are for other people totally MEGO.
do you watch synchro ? have you seen it at a rink ? everyone is entitled to their opinion but as someone who does like synchro, in its current format, I have a hard time believing that synchro 9 will be interesting. The whole point of synchro is to have these big figures on the ice. It's beautiful. 9 skaters is not going to work out for me... and I am pretty sure that I won't be the one calling it a watered down version of what synchro should and could be.
Unsuccessfully, I see .
No, and I don't care for it or for the original version... or synchronised swimming, or hundreds if not thousands of other sport/media/activities/art/whatever and then more that other people find anywhere from mildly amusing to absolutely gripping. There is not a single event in the Summer Olympics that I would not pass up for snail racing but for some reason most fans do not agree with me. (And if we look at history there are way more less promising events that were a part of the Games, like town planning.)
That's too bad.
No need to do so, especially when you're not involved by the topic. It's a forum. Everyone has their opinion and it's pretty obvious at this point that some people are upset with this change. Many more indeed than people finding synchro 9 a good idea. So, here again. I think synchro 9 will be boring and the ISU is messing up again. Pretty aware that this is my opinion but for emphasis :ymmv
