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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All sports are governed by arbitrary ruling (well, except track, I guess). But even team sports are let down by bad calls, missed calls, etc. It's part of sports. Honestly, this all goes back to the US appealing in the first place. Sometimes, expecially when you don't really excel beyond the competion, judging just doesn't fall in your direction. Other times it does. Highly competitive team sport athletes know this and accept it. And the only way to get around it is to really outplay your competition.  Jordan didn't do that, so they should havee just accepted the score.[/quote]

I disagree with your last statement because Jordan's score was what the Superior Jury awarded, and that is final.

I do agree, though, with the general sentiment that human error is always going to be present in sports officiating and that the way to avoid being victimized is not to allow yourself to be at the mercy of the judges. That's what we all tell our kids when they are angry about a call. Lost in this public narrative that the system was out to get Jordan is the fact that if her performance had been on the same level as it was during qualifications and team finals, she would have won the medal without the inquiry. She only needed the additional .1 in difficulty because she didn't hit the rest of her routine. That still doesn't mean that she deserves any of this, but that is a fact. [/quote]

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