Figure skating takes up valuble tv time that could be used for Ice Hockey

[sasquatch]

:popcorn::evilgrin:

[mdmc]

1. those young ladies are cute

ice hockey or figure skating!

[sasquatch]

6. The Ice Hockey ladies of course

They're the only ones playing in a REAL sports.

[benny05]

2. Sorry--I have to respectfully disagree

Hockey was on all day...we only have a couple of hours worth of skating this evening.

[MrSlayer]

3. Too true.

Figure skating is boring as hell. They should have to perform on fire or something.

[sasquatch]

4. It's impossible to score too

[benny05]

12. and I fell asleep during the hockey games today

to each one owns..

[deadparrot]

5. I agree...don't give a rat's ass about it.

Give me hockey any day.

[sasquatch]

8. Right on!

:thumbsup:

[FuzzySlippers]

7. STFU!!!

It's the only sport I watch.

[sasquatch]

11. But it isn't a sport though

Quite a paradox you find yourself in there FuzzySlippers.
:D

[FuzzySlippers]

15. Well, I thought about putting *sport* in quotation marks.

:D

[TennesseeRain]

17. It's a sport - Don't let anyone tell you differently.

Just because it relys on subjective judging doesn't make it a non-sport. Boxing and gymnastics also rely on judges to provide a winner and those are most definitely sports (especially when compared to golf ;) )

Besides, one has to look no further than the 1972 Olympic basketball game between the USSR and the USA to realize that any sport can be the victim of corruption.

[sasquatch]

20. But figure skating is completely up to the judge

In Boxing if you knock the guy out, you win. No there's some bad officials in all sports, hell look at this years Super Bowl, but you still have to do actual things to score earned points in hockey in figure skating it's up to the whims of some dumbass judge.

[TennesseeRain]

25. *cough* Roy Jones, Jr. *cough*

I still don't believe that something that relies on judges, especially when there are definite rules as to what qualifies as a deduction, is necessarily precluded from being a "sport." But, I'm not trying to be combative. I do understand where you are coming from. It's just that, as a rink rat, I don't agree that it's not a sport. :)

[realisticphish]

9. Indeed!

actually, i would rather enjoy seeing them done at the same time on the same rink... :evilgrin:

[sasquatch]

13. I'd love to see some hockey player just goon up a figure skater

:evilgrin:

[LeftyMom]

10. Hockey players are much cuter, too.

Usually just the right amount of scruffiness. :9

[sasquatch]

14. The modern players have most of their own teeth still

[LeftyMom]

16. A nice bonus.

:D

[GOPisEvil]

18. It's not even figure skating anymore!

There are no compulsory figures anymore! :wtf:

[Lars39]

23. Beat me to it!

I used to love watching that part of it, too. :(

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. All other sports

and not-a-sports take valuable teevee time that could be used for baseball.



:popcorn:

[sasquatch]

21. I hate watching George Steibrenner's money vs the world though.

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Not when the world kicks

George Steinbrenner's money's ass. :woohoo: :bounce:

Which, note, happens 60 to 70 times per year.

[no name no slogan]

24. They need to introduce body checking into figure skating

that would at least make it watchable

[CatholicEdHead]

26. Could be worse, could have John Tesh announce Figure Skating