I will agree that, personally, I believe figure skating is more art than sport.
Obviously, this scandal isn't the end of the world, and as the article I linked to pointed out, it certainly wasn't the first time something like this has happened, but does that make it "unworthy" of discussion? Is this any less important to talk about than anything else on this board?
Is this more important than people dying in a plane crash? No, but no one implied it was more important. Are roll playing games and joke threads more important? No, but that's what we do here. Play around, joke, and discuss. What's important to some may not be important to others, buy that doesn't mean it isn't important at all. Because people cheat anyway we shouldn't expect more?
BTW, the point was that there appears to have been an agreement
prior to the event to determine the outcome. If the judges aren't going to, at least, wait until the competition to decide their scores, why bother?
[ 02-13-2002: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]