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- Jan 18, 2021
Press conferences during events are really crappy, especially ones that are post-discipline (with only the winners). Some skaters (like the ones from Japan/SK) are usually very quiet and serious, and the questions asked by the media like "You used the x jump sequence, seemed pretty consistent, can you tell us about that?" usually just leads to pretty straightforward answers like "yeah I landed it." or "Do you think the coaching move helped you?", I mean what can you say in response to that?
Contrast that to a press conference being done at the start of a competition, it gives the newcomer skaters and coaches a chance to say who they are, introduce themselves to the fans, and there is an opportunity for an open dialogue, like "So tell me about this new scoring rule..." or some skater will accidentally leak that they have a quad axel, or just a lighter atmosphere in general.
In other sports, let's take rugby, in a post-game conference, a big burly player will come on and say "oh yeah bloody the boys played well and uh yeah we played hard and uh yeah" or Bill Belichick giving NFL reporters the worst possible answer because they asked a completely stupid question. I think in a more unique sport (like FS), it's kind of a waste of resources if we just do media like how football or how rugby is doing media. Can anyone who worked in media shed a light?
Contrast that to a press conference being done at the start of a competition, it gives the newcomer skaters and coaches a chance to say who they are, introduce themselves to the fans, and there is an opportunity for an open dialogue, like "So tell me about this new scoring rule..." or some skater will accidentally leak that they have a quad axel, or just a lighter atmosphere in general.
In other sports, let's take rugby, in a post-game conference, a big burly player will come on and say "oh yeah bloody the boys played well and uh yeah we played hard and uh yeah" or Bill Belichick giving NFL reporters the worst possible answer because they asked a completely stupid question. I think in a more unique sport (like FS), it's kind of a waste of resources if we just do media like how football or how rugby is doing media. Can anyone who worked in media shed a light?