olympic judging

[mclem0822]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Admittedly I know very little about many of these "sports" but watching the ones that are judged it is like no one else knows either. There have been some awful calls and refs in boxing, so bad that it can be almost unwatchable since the points are seemingly given out randomly. Today they were showing some of the bad calls and it was almost comical how many mistakes are made. The FIBA refs in basketball are very inconsistent but they seem like they are bad on both sides of the ball. As for the gymnastics and diving, outside of the really bad ones they all pretty much look the same but the scores seem to be based upon reputation and country as much as anything.

Chuck, I totally agree the boxing score is laughable! To expect these judges to push a freakin button after every punch that lands, is an impossible assignment in my opinion! They need to throw out this stupid instant scoring system, and just judge this round by round, sure you wanna make each round's scoring known after each round fine, I got no problem with that. But they need to revamp this, and hopefully they will by 2012!