Posted by Richard
on 5/29/2009, 10:12 am
130.76.32.16 | Message modified by user Richard 5/29/2009, 10:14 am
Amazing that this hasn't been posted on the college gym board yet! ... Especially why hasn't Greg Marsden posted it!?
There was a vote at the JO Nationals NCAA coaches meeting and two rule change proposals where "approved" ... counting all 6 gymnasts' scores on each event
... and making the NCAA finals a "Final 4" instead of a "Super-Six"! Then it will be broadcast LIVE!?
(So even fewer teams will have a shot at the National Championship!?)
Here is the SLC newspaper article ...
Gymnastics back-flips to raise interest
The good thing is that these changes still have to be approved by the 7 member NCAA committee next month ... and hopefully that might not happen!
I have heard some people take about pros and cons of this scoring chnage ... but I come down on the side of the cons!
Here is their "best" argument ...
"... Coaches believe changing the competition format will make it easier for spectators who may not know much about gymnastics to follow the action at meets. Currently, six competitors perform on each event and the top five scores count toward the team score, which may lead casual viewers to wonder why the team where only five gymnasts performed well[sic] beat the team that turned in six hit routines. ..."
How many teams only have put up 5 gymnasts on an event last season? ... maybe a couple of teams in a few meets out of 700?
Also, note that this change doesn't allow a substitution for an injured gymnast ... so like in 2006 when Brooke went down in the first tumbling pass on floor ... OSU would have had to count a 0.000 instead of a 9.xxx!
There may be an occasional upset, but it gives a greater advantage to the teams with more depth ... Utah, Georgia, Alabama, UCLA, ...
Go Beavs!!,
Richard
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