Olympics and Ethics

The change in rules in ice-skating where there are more points for technical merit and less for grace is a sad commentary on the judges and the process of judgment.

I know it stems from the Salt Lake city games and the controversy around the judging in pair skating, but I think the wrong problem was addressed.

We should be demanding more ethical behavior from ourselves and from the judges as opposed to making the sport more mechanical, robbing it off of its charm and grace.

I would love to have the judges undergo an ethical test and be kept in an environment where ethical judging is rewarded and reinforced (rather than taking it for granted) - and allow the sport to be the grand sport that it is.