http://blog.evanvalentine.com/text/winter-olympics/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:20:36 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.evanvalentine.com/text/winter-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Eric Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:23:59 +0000 http://blog.evanvalentine.com/?p=3740#comment-751 Yeah thats pretty much how I feel too. This being the first year I actually really sat down to watch this stuff. I had fun rooting for the US curling team and I'll have fun next time when they have Norm Duke wearing a parka and rolling strikes down an frosty lane for America! .-= Eric´s last blog ..<a href="http://ericdanerd.deviantart.com/journal/30581019/">PORTFOLIO</a> =-. Yeah thats pretty much how I feel too. This being the first year I actually really sat down to watch this stuff. I had fun rooting for the US curling team and I'll have fun next time when they have Norm Duke wearing a parka and rolling strikes down an frosty lane for America!
.-= Eric´s last blog ..PORTFOLIO =-.

]]> http://blog.evanvalentine.com/text/winter-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Martha Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:38:12 +0000 http://blog.evanvalentine.com/?p=3740#comment-749 Very interesting essay! I love the Winter Olympics, but I share your thoughts about judges. Funny -- when I was watching the ladies' figure skating wrap up I kept thinking about the pitfalls of a judged competition (based on a bunch of experts' opinions) versus one based on time and actual first place finishers. And I was reminded of the 2002 pairs figure skating scandal that illustrates your point about corruption and payoffs quite well. It's even stranger when the way the judges score abruptly changes. I personally thought the new scoring system for the halfpipe this year was B.S., but what do I know ... .-= Martha´s last blog ..<a href="http://maplesstraveler.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/hilton-head-island/">Hilton Head Island</a> =-. Very interesting essay! I love the Winter Olympics, but I share your thoughts about judges. Funny -- when I was watching the ladies' figure skating wrap up I kept thinking about the pitfalls of a judged competition (based on a bunch of experts' opinions) versus one based on time and actual first place finishers. And I was reminded of the 2002 pairs figure skating scandal that illustrates your point about corruption and payoffs quite well.
It's even stranger when the way the judges score abruptly changes. I personally thought the new scoring system for the halfpipe this year was B.S., but what do I know ...
.-= Martha´s last blog ..Hilton Head Island =-.

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