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<blockquote data-quote="Holy Bovine" data-source="post: 55728" data-attributes="member: 203">See that's just it - it wasn't a crappy call - it was a corrupt and bloated judging system that supports graft and colusion that screwed the Canadians out of the gold.If it happened in boxing there SHOULD have been a big deal made out of it because it should never happen.&nbsp; Unfortunately we have to have humans judge these events and so things are always going to be open to corruption.It doesn't matter now wether the Canadians get a gold medal or not because the damage has already been done - changing it now won't 'make it all better'.&nbsp; It sucks for everyone involved, Canadians, Russians, IOC and ISU.&nbsp; I only hope real change can be made in the judging system somehow but I don't really expect it.This looks so much like the IOC just doing what it thinks the public wants so everyone will shut up about it and they won't have to make any changes to the corrupt system them obviously want in place.And just for the record the Canadian skaters were not the ones pushing for this.&nbsp; The media, Canadian Skating Association and the general public's outrage pushed the IOC and ISU to come to some kind of quick resolution.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Holy Bovine, post: 55728, member: 203"] See that's just it - it wasn't a crappy call - it was a corrupt and bloated judging system that supports graft and colusion that screwed the Canadians out of the gold. If it happened in boxing there SHOULD have been a big deal made out of it because it should never happen. Unfortunately we have to have humans judge these events and so things are always going to be open to corruption. It doesn't matter now wether the Canadians get a gold medal or not because the damage has already been done - changing it now won't 'make it all better'. It sucks for everyone involved, Canadians, Russians, IOC and ISU. I only hope real change can be made in the judging system somehow but I don't really expect it. This looks [I]so[/I] much like the IOC just doing what it thinks the public wants so everyone will shut up about it and they won't have to make any changes to the corrupt system them obviously [I]want[/I] in place. And just for the record the Canadian skaters were not the ones pushing for this. The media, Canadian Skating Association and the general public's outrage pushed the IOC and ISU to come to some kind of quick resolution. [/QUOTE]

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