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trinityvixen) wrote2008-08-18 04:55 pm
trinityvixen) wrote2008-08-18 04:55 pm
Being a Good Sport Doesn't Mean Putting Up With Bullshit
Oh, uh, spoilers for tonight's broadcast, I suppose.
Basically, without saying who or what event, the article above details this absolutely assinine rule in gymnastics whereby an equal score does not a shared-medal make. Horseshit. Two people get the same score? They share a goddamn medal. Scores are tenuous and error-prone by virtue of being determined by subjective, imperfect human judges. To then splice the scores further and take minutest of minutest detail apart to determine a "tie-breaker"? I call BULLSHIT.
I don't care who won. If someone with a goddamned difficult routine messed up and got a low score or someone did great on an easy routine and scored high for it and it was the same as the other person, they both get a goddamned medal. What the fuck is this shit? I feel bad for the one person mentioned who burst into tears at this. That person didn't deserve to be told his/her equally valid, equally top score kept him/her from the lead. Sometimes, there is one champion in the world. A lot of the time, however, there are dual champions. Get the F over yourself, IOC.
Basically, without saying who or what event, the article above details this absolutely assinine rule in gymnastics whereby an equal score does not a shared-medal make. Horseshit. Two people get the same score? They share a goddamn medal. Scores are tenuous and error-prone by virtue of being determined by subjective, imperfect human judges. To then splice the scores further and take minutest of minutest detail apart to determine a "tie-breaker"? I call BULLSHIT.
I don't care who won. If someone with a goddamned difficult routine messed up and got a low score or someone did great on an easy routine and scored high for it and it was the same as the other person, they both get a goddamned medal. What the fuck is this shit? I feel bad for the one person mentioned who burst into tears at this. That person didn't deserve to be told his/her equally valid, equally top score kept him/her from the lead. Sometimes, there is one champion in the world. A lot of the time, however, there are dual champions. Get the F over yourself, IOC.