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Originally posted by MagiK:
Ya know..one part of sports that is most often forgotten is sportsmanship...whining and complainging after the fact is generally considered POOR sportsmanship...if there is a legitimate complaint there are proper ways of addressing the issues...publicly declaiming you were robbed or the judges didn't like you and so forth come under the heading of poor sportsmanship.....just an opposing view.
Did you see the Russians on the podium last night? They looked like they knew that they didn't belong there! Poor sportsmanship is a fine concept. If you ask me, it would be poor sportmanship to attack the Russians who, like them, are just caught in this mess. It's another matter to just state that you don't feel that the judge were impartial!
If you have some very important and knowledgeable persons in the world of figure skating overtly stating that the judges didn't do their job. There's nothing wrong in going after the judges. When Scott Hamilton, Barbara Underhill, Sally Rehorick and many others clairly state that it was a mistake and that the gold should go to Canada. They have a case.
Now, the ISU just opened a can of worm. In the last few years, figure skating interest has been on the rise. By overtly awarding the gold to the team that should have place second, they have put the world opinion against them. Last night was a blow to many spectators and figure skaters and it will hurt them bad! It's just too bad that such a wonderfull sport filled by amazing athletes is plaged by partial and incomptent judges!
[ 02-12-2002: Message edited by: Ryanamur ]
[ 02-12-2002: Message edited by: Ryanamur ]