Ok I registered just to be able to post. Longtime lurker, just nerver had anything to say.
This is essential. Some thing needs to be done.
First caveat.
Who ever get's involved with get punished hard by the ISU if they can, so it is important that the people involved can't be linked to a skater or a country. Remember when some people created a new skating league after the 2002 salt lake city scandal: they got banned for life from the ISU. Even child molesters are not as severly punished by them. They will view interventions as high treason. It has to be either impossible or untenable for them to retaliate.
now my idea: make a comitee that can be held accountable to make fair scores. The more transparent and the higher profile the better. If this commitee can get enough credibility they can hand out there own ranking that has to be justified. Even better would be able to raise prize money. The ISU can go an do their own circus and get blatantly exposed, the athletes could get the recognition they deserve. The care would need to go in avoiding biasses as much as possible so that it does not become a popularity contest. There are skaters that I don't enjoy do watch, they still deserve to win if they are the best that day.
