Pretty pathetic that even the mediocre Russian women have 3 spots for next years Worlds. I mean are you telling me Leonova and Makarova are both better then what we have in the US right now?
I fully expected to see at least one or two of the US ladies in the top flight. As the coverage for skating this season was very spotty at best, I never saw any US ladies skate. How did they do?
Pretty pathetic that even the mediocre Russian women have 3 spots for next years Worlds. I mean are you telling me Leonova and Makarova are both better then what we have in the US right now?
...Also the fact Flatt more than any other U.S skater has been consistently overscored at Nationals the last 4 years (minus possibly 2009) is a reflection she is the pet of the USFSA. Why on earth a skater of such limited potential would be the USFSA pet is beyond me.
More generally, I do not understand why a national federation would have a "pet" at all, ever. What could the USFSA possibly gain by inflating one skater's score over another's, by fixing the results of nationals, by "wanting" one skater to win a berth on the world team rather than another, etc.?
You really believe that US Skating is non-political
That seems more like the Republican Party nominating Donald Trump just to spite their own face.
I don't doubt it, but my question is "why?"
Federations are "political" in an attempt to gain some kind of advantage over other federations. What advantage accrues to the USFSA to be mean, nasty, and corrupt?
What would induce the USFSA President, for instance, to send a bum to worlds and leave a good skater home? Is that good politics?
That seems more like the Republican Party nominating Donald Trump just to spite their own face.
I certainly hope we see Alissa or Mirai at SA this season with either Agnes and/or Christina.
Had Sasha gone to the Olympics in the shape she was in at Nationals she probably would have finished around 12th. NBC would have had huge ratings though from guillable stupid fans who watched just to see Sasha "go for the gold" (ROTFL) so they would have won. So I fully understand the agenda for wanting washed up old never a champion even in her prime Cohen on the Olympic team. The agenda for Flatt's unrelenting popularity up to now with the USFSA and U.S judges is another matter though.