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indigi posted:if it weren't directly motivated to penalize Biles I'd say that limiting the scoring on a dangerous move wasn't a terrible idea, but this is nonsense I think they did that for some risky ice skating move and the person who did it might have been a minority too but don't quote on me on that latter part
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referees and umpires though, those are pure arbiters of justice
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indigi posted:if it weren't directly motivated to penalize Biles I'd say that limiting the scoring on a dangerous move wasn't a terrible idea, but this is nonsense some choice bits from the article quote:The judges scoring her, however, were not so impressed. Despite the moves difficulty, they gave it a provisional scoring value of 6.6, close to what Biless other vaults have received. That limited the points available for performing it successfully, a point that a frustrated Biles suggested was unfair to her. provisional scoring value seems to suggest the judges dont actually have the authority to decide how many points a new move is worth and are reluctant to make on the spot judgment calls about such a thing when their job is to evaluate existing moves quote:Biles said Saturday that the gymnastics federation had similarly given her double-twisting, double-back beam dismount a start value that was too low, and that she expects it to undervalue her Yurchenko double pike when it is reviewed. that the writer of the article is just taking biles word for it instead of asking the gymastics federation directly or just looking up the start value herself suggests to me that she didnt want to be bothered to do any actual research and as a final note WrightOfWay posted:Sports scored by judges are bullshit imo scored sports are so stupidly and demonstrably subjective id need an argument to convince me that start values even matter at all compared to individual execution or just bribing the judges
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Everybody should only play sports for the joy of movement and personal expression
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3nIrrd1MtI Imagine being mad that Russian athletes are allowed to compete at the Olympics because they got caught doping
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lmao well who didn't see that coming
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release the kraft dick pics
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The Nastier Nate posted:release the kraft dick pics Deflategate 2
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Lmao loving leafs
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Oh no the transes are going to take away the millions of dollars of prize money set aside for regional powerlifting championships where they are the only competitor in their weight class
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indigi posted:referees and umpires though, those are pure arbiters of justice *Tim Donaghy does a thumbs up* Some Guy TT posted:scored sports are so stupidly and demonstrably subjective id need an argument to convince me that start values even matter at all compared to individual execution or just bribing the judges *1988 Seoul Olympics judges for Roy Jones Jr.-Park Si-Hun does a collective thumbs up*
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Killin_Like_Bronson posted:Lmao loving leafs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8lM070av5M owned
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https://twitter.com/naomiosaka/status/1399422304854188037/photo/2 gotta say im not terribly surprised to learn that osaka has been depressed since the 2018 us open and has also developed an aversion to journalists considering the big story at the time wasnt that osaka won with her badass tennis skills but that she indirectly cheated and stole victory from her lifelong idol serena williams thanks to the referee racistly telling serena williams to gently caress off for having psychotic temper tantrums on the court
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Serena hosed up for how she handled that tbh
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If there's anything I learned from Infinite Jest (lol) it's that it's impossible to get into high level competitive tennis without profound psychosis, either as cause or symptom still not sure
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The same year as the Leafs last Cup win, the NHL expanded to 12 teams. The only one of those six expansion teams not to win a Cup since then was the Oakland Seals/Cleveland Barons, who no longer exist as they were merged with the North Stars in 1980.
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I hope the guy whose only fight is a loss to another untrained youtuber beats the greatest boxer of all time, because it would be funny
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does anybody actually believe Mayweather is the greatest boxer of all time? hasnt he basically killed hype for the sport by being exceedingly boring
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One thing that always bothered me: in Leprechaun in the Hood, Ice-T is able to sneak up behind the leprechaun with the amulet (which will turn the leprechaun back into stone) but INSTEAD he opts to hit the leprechaun with a chair as if this was some kind of pro wrasslin match
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Tokyo2020/status/1401704492228300801 shocked to learn that technical rules involving base score for her unusually difficult gymnastics moves are not actually inhibiting her career in any meaningful way
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...the siren part is what's really got my attention for anyone else
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indigi posted:does anybody actually believe Mayweather is the greatest boxer of all time? hasnt he basically killed hype for the sport by being exceedingly boring they're the same people who say that these types of events are good for boxing, actually
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ive always wondered why unlv's mascot was the "runnin' rebels." was the state settled by cowardly confederates?
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Eat This Glob posted:ive always wondered why unlv's mascot was the "runnin' rebels." was the state settled by cowardly confederates? yes lots of sadsack confederate veterans went west
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IIRC there was an independent commission to determine if UNLV's mascot was due to racism and the finding was that the people involved in choosing it really were ignorant about the overtones of it and just wanted a fun rebellious mascot. So not directly terrible, but indirectly due to being really really dumb.
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Some Guy TT posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/Tokyo2020/status/1401704492228300801 Im more surprised that Im still hearing about her dominating competitions. I thought womens gymnastic careers were typically very short, from like 15-19
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the sport or just those events?
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indigi posted:the sport or just those events? The sport. There is a definite chance that she decides that fighting with the largest tournaments in tennis isn't worth the trouble, especially when struggling with health issues, and just moves on to a different career Edit: top ranked tennis pros are required by their federations to participate in certain tournaments, they don't get to fully set their own schedule. Osaka can't just choose not to go to the French Open. If she did, the WTA would fine her or suspend her from other tournaments. Also the terrible press conference issue is pretty much the same across all levels. Pead has issued a correction as of 19:23 on Jun 7, 2021 |
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