marbri
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I never watch the galas so this might be interesting in a car crash sort of way.
I completely agree. I mean, we still have fans longing for 6.0 and whining about the team event.....I'm not surprised the vast majority of fans seem to be vehemently opposed to this concept, both here and on twitter. If there's one thing I've learned on FSU over the years, it's that figure skating fans are always extremely resistant to any kind of change.
Why not give this a shot? The medalists still skate, and you have to admit, the execution of the gala/exhibition has gotten stale.
I know I'll definitely watch, and I haven't watched exhibitions in forever.
Imagine if they accidentally announce Eteri as Coach of the year, then realizing it was suppose to be Orser.
I had that reaction to the Valuable Skater Award too but figured they were probably basing it on baseball's MVP. They should just call it MVP, it doesn't work spelled out.@maatTheViking said some of what I was thinking. If the exhibition numbers are going to be the same old same old guys skating aimlessly to rock songs, or ladies making pained O faces while they glide around to GFBs, then adding acrobats and trapeze artists is not going to make that any more interesting.
The awards categories are also Most Valuable Skater? What the hell does that even mean? The skater that earns the most points or the most money? The skater that kisses up to the ISU the most? Plus the combination of votes from fans,.sponsors, etc. is just asking for trouble.
And add on top of that the "red carpet" idea, trying to make this into some kind of glamorous Hello! magazine type event
I don't know. I'm certainly not a fan of the current gala format, except for the occasional unexpected surprise from the 4th or 5th place skaters. So I'm totally in support of trying something new. But this plan has way too many parts that could be disastrous on their own , so putting them all together is just asking for a train wreck IMO.
I'm not surprised the vast majority of fans seem to be vehemently opposed to this concept, both here and on twitter. If there's one thing I've learned on FSU over the years, it's that figure skating fans are always extremely resistant to any kind of change.
Why not give this a shot?
The awards categories are also Most Valuable Skater? What the hell does that even mean? The skater that earns the most points or the most money? The skater that kisses up to the ISU the most? Plus the combination of votes from fans,.sponsors, etc. is just asking for trouble.
Please. It’s skating. The fur coats are going to be massiveWill the red carpet couture outdoors on a red carpet in Montreal in March be from the Uniqlo, Patagonia, or REI collections?
This is their definition.
Most Valuable Skater: Honors the Single Skater or Pair or Ice Dance Couple who best managed to increase the level of popularity of Figure Skating related to the fan base involvement, media attention and sponsors appreciation
"This is an exciting day for figure skating society," says agent/show producer Ari Zakarian. "This event will open so many doors for people to be celebrated in this sport"
Maybe we will get paparazzi who will come after the non-skating celebrities and the side effects will be skater photobombs. Joking aside, maybe they can get the whole red carpet thing on Getty Images or some other professional photographers. I think Art on Ice does that??A lot of the skaters get so dressed up for the banquet it’s always been a shame that there has never even been official photos from the event.
Like last year Kaitlyn Weaver spent hours having her hair and makeup professionally done and being dressed in a kimono. It would have been nice to get more photos of that.
Maybe we will get paparazzi who will come after the non-skating celebrities
OMG are we about to see the emergence of skater WAGs and BAHs too?
So now skaters are supposed to help promote the sport in their free time, . . .
Are you really sure about this (insert thinking emoticon)?Nathan Chen seems like the obvious winner in this category, without him even thinking about this.