I'd love to see this magical isolated ice rink with a couple sheets of ice and room for all the coaches and other things skaters need that they expect USFSA to shell out for (I guess....)
Still annoyed about that (& the apparent choice of SS to not split when they were so close & not the champions that year. It still rubs me the wrong way)
I'm sure in Dave's magical universe, he thinks the World Arena can be closed off from any and all skaters who aren't named to the Olympic team and make them isolate in Colorado Springs for the next 2.5 weeks before they start to head to Beijing. Of course, he wouldn't be able to use his vast network of rink moms to spy for him in that scenario.
At this point there's no way of knowing how this will go. What he needs is time and rest and good medical care and best wishes. He could be feeling much better in a couple days or not. Let us all hope that he is better soon.Brandon Frazer's instagram video is posted. Sounds like he has serious symptoms.It's not the mild type. Arghhhh. He was nearly in tears when talking on the video.
Oh well. The Shibs earned it by consistently placing higher than the other American teams internationally from 2016 Four Continents on and either winning or placing on every podium at every international competition they entered only losing to Papadakis/Cizeron and Virtue/Moir since then, and didn’t owe the other teams anything. And H/D didn’t win nationals dominantly. They won without winning the SD or the FD, and the TE was not using cumulative scoring and wouldn’t have won without the Shibs’ huge error in the FD. The Shibs still beat H/D overall in every head-to-head since well…forever in their entire senior career up until 2018 Nationals. In the end, the USFS had the final say and made their choices, and it was the right choice. The mens competition was definitely going to split with them being so close to the TE and with their difficult TES pushing programs. The ladies were most likely going to be split too because that’s who they wanted to highlight and thank goodness because Mirai had the skate of her life and ended up hitting when the US needed her too. The Shibs also did their job and consistently placed second to V/M. We saw how the individual played out.
It was heartbreaking. And then to hear him more worried about competing (which I do understand) than health. I really hope he is ok and takes time he needs to heal. Long-term health is more important than any competition.Brandon Frazer's instagram video is posted. Sounds like he has serious symptoms.
I know he said that he had serious symptoms, but it may be that his version of "serious" is something that would interfere with his skating his best right now. He wasn't even really coughing, and he wasn't too sick to make the video, much less on his way to being hospitalized. So, it's entirely possible that he will recover quickly and never genuinely get really seriously ill. He did seem very upset, which is entirely understandable. Given what Alexa said about vaccination and masking, though, hopefully that will reduce his chances of getting a genuinely serious case. And, hopefully Alexa does not have it.
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I went back and looked at the document and while you're correct, isn't it kind of a chicken-egg scenario, in the sense that the USFS has to be willing to accept the petition and THEN their international scores place them into Group 2? It requires BOTH a) Top 5 at Nats OR successful petition, and b) consistent Worlds Top 5 scores.
Everyone, this IS what a MILD case looks like. Basically, any level of symptoms that does not require medical intervention is considered “mild”.Brandon Frazer's instagram video is posted. Sounds like he has serious symptoms.
The team event is the best reason for S-K&F to be on the Olympic Team, IMO. Though I agree they should have to show readiness.
You know, there's this funny thing called a CONTRACT that they signed, before the p**demic, that would cost the USFS major bucks if they attempted to break it and move Nationals elsewhere. The reason they were able to move from San Jose to Las Vegas last year was because the local authorities in San Jose had shut everything down and it was impossible to hold Nationals there. The same is not true of Nashville this year. It isn't a matter of the USFS "insisting" on anything. Additionally, Omicron wasn't even an issue 5-6 weeks ago.
I just said the exact same thing in another thread. I would also like to know if ALL skaters, coaches and officials are staying at The same hotel with no other people (even those that might live in the area) and are being delivered meals to their rooms, etc?
They don’t require it but any event can require. And they could have created more of a bubble if they wanted to
Unfortunately, no. Under Tennessee law, employers are limited on mask, vaccine, and even testing requirements for non-medical personnel, so the hotel staff would be non-bubble. Also, there’s only one lobby. If the building is typical, the ability to limit elevators is strictly the function of repair people and fire departments. A real bubble is almost impossible.
I think not testing everyone everyday is a huge flaw. Brandon didn’t have to get tested. And who knows if he was starting to feel sick when he practiced the day before. It could have been a cold or allergies…but it wasn’t.
I don’t disagree with you, but not all schools require this. My kids go to school in a district that requires no quarantine (even if someone in your house had Covid) as long as your symptom free. Also, no contact tracing and for sure no mandatory testing. I do think more testing by USFS would have been a good idea but every state, company, place, etc does things differently.
