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It can be addressed by changing PCS system. For example removing SS from PCS and making it it's own category with much more weight. Where Total Score=TES+PCS+SS. It will be less change to the system still than introducing new types of programs.It also depends how you define "balance." Some would argue that the sport is currently unbalanced away from its fundamentals and that more weight needs to be placed on blade-to-ice skills compared to in-air rotational skills, more weight on quality and less on quantity.
Even if all of that will be like you said - I don't see why it should be better than what we have now and what exactly it should address that we are supposedly lacking? Also too much maybe's - don't you think? Going to such serious change without exact knowledge of what is gonna happen as well as without urgent need for that change in the first place - leaves the impression ISU just wants the change for the sake of the change - i.e. reckless and stupid move.Maybe the same skaters who also excel at the technical side. Maybe former jump experts who had to scale back on jump content because of injury or natural body maturation changes that don't favor in-air rotation but continue to improve in skating and com
It won't be the skaters who skate easier programs with lower skill levels that we most often see in the lower ranks internationally (or nationally, as the case may be). Those skaters will only be able to make a mark in the "artistic" program if they can focus their training on actually improving their basic skating and the quality of the (possibly easier) jumps and spins they include to the point that they can use these skills for maximum aesthetic impact.
I would not find top-quality skating and presentation by top-quality skaters to top-quality choreography to be a snoozefest.
I see it otherwise. It will shrink its audience and it's not going to attract new people too. Figure Skating always have rather little pool of fans, already divided between 4 categories (ladies, men, pairs, dance) and 2 age groups (seniors, juniors). As a result we often have rather modest number of spectators in a particular event. If we are going to fracture pool of fans further - the result can be catastrophic. It's a bad, bad idea.Fans who are only interested in quantity might be less interested. But if the ISU wants to expand its audience, then rewarding the use of excellent technical skills for artistic purposes will attract audiences who may not care about the difference between a toe loop and a lutz or between a triple and a quad.
But I can't dismiss Elucidus' point that a talent like Hanyu, who can do a quad Lutz AND use his technical skills for artistic purposes is greatly to be admired, alike by the elite cognoscenti and the great unwashed masses. :yes:
It reminds me what I forgot to add. Let's take Hanyu for example. He will be successfull in both new programs no doubt - as it was before. Still, I can't help but feel that new system will be limiting his abilities in each program - putting the ceiling on a scores he can achieve - for the sake of more weaker skaters. In technical program he won't be able to get as much points for his artistry - basically forcing him to turn his program in a quadfest with simplified little embellishments. In artistry program he won't be able to show his full tech potential - limiting his performance to less number of hard elements even if he can show much more. As a result his programs will become more one-sided, more boring, with much less gap between him and other skaters. It's a loss for both him and its fans.
As a sport figure skating should have a goal to show and provide way for talented skaters to realize their full potential in one performance - bringing perfect symbiosis of technique and artistry in its excellence. The limit should be only sky Suggested changes directly opposes that ideal - putting the limits on everything for the sake of some bureaucracy gains. I see it like that.