From
where I sit it looks like the Olympics has a couple too many
sports...
As
much as it pains me to say this, I really think women's hockey should
be changed. Until the teams are closer in skills it's almost
embarrassing. Canada blitzed Switzerland with 69 shots. If it
wasn't for Florence Schelling pulling a Scrivens and keeping it
close, this would have been worse. Even in the US-Finalnd game it
wasn't until the 3rd
that Finland began to show signs of life. How about 2 teams from
Canada and the US, dilute the talent pool a bit for both nations.
Something, anything, to keep the North American teams from look at
the women's hockey tournament as the 'free' space on the bingo card.
Meanwhile,
figure skating is already a joke...
It
didn't take 36 hours for the conspiracy stories to begin. And given
the history in all levels of the sport it's hardly surprising. Is
there a solution? Not easily. How about judges from non-competing
countries? Hell, train a bunch of judges from non-participating
countries. Jamaica, for example. They already have athletes at the
games. Send a couple judges too. I know that's not a great
solution, but the current system is terrible. Out of all this, I
honestly feel bad for Davis and White. They are a great ice dance
team and quite possibly will deserve to win, but if they do there
will be questions. And, even more than the unfair judging, that
seems to be the deepest problem. A worthy champion surrounded by
debate as to whether it was earned.
At
least that's how I see it...and I sit in the cheap seats.
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