GDaddyLS
Cheer Parent
- Mar 23, 2010
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I'm sure many of you were watching the men's team final in the Olympics last night and noticed the "official challenge" by Japan about the scores given in the pommel horse.
(If you didn't notice, the last Japanese gymnast to compete messed up on his required handstand dismount and at the time the judges gave a 0.7 deduction b/c they felt the gymnast did not do a required skill. The judgement was successfully challenged and the 0.7 was added back to Japans score which changed the final rankings for Japan from finishing 4th to finishing 2nd overall.)
The commentators were explaining what was going on and I noticed a wad of cash (US $100 dollar bills) in the hand of the coach from Japan submitting the formal challenge. The commentators said when a formal challenge is made, the challenging team is required to pay immediately for the challenge. If the team wins the challenge they get their money back, if they lose the challenge they also lose the money.
What if there was such a system in competitive cheerleading?
(If you didn't notice, the last Japanese gymnast to compete messed up on his required handstand dismount and at the time the judges gave a 0.7 deduction b/c they felt the gymnast did not do a required skill. The judgement was successfully challenged and the 0.7 was added back to Japans score which changed the final rankings for Japan from finishing 4th to finishing 2nd overall.)
The commentators were explaining what was going on and I noticed a wad of cash (US $100 dollar bills) in the hand of the coach from Japan submitting the formal challenge. The commentators said when a formal challenge is made, the challenging team is required to pay immediately for the challenge. If the team wins the challenge they get their money back, if they lose the challenge they also lose the money.
What if there was such a system in competitive cheerleading?