[Timeout]

I hate this new scoring system. That swiss skater threw a quad in there with no serious intent of completing it...he gets points just for making all the rotations.

What's ice skating come to when it doesn't matter if you nail the landing??!!!!

[small voice in the wilderness]

The new scoring system reminds me of the new way some schools are giving grades. Giving points for *trying* is hardly professional or Olympic.

[CaptainK]

The new scoring system stinks. Worse than the old one, which was pretty pathetic. I read today that they weren't able to fill the stadium for the men's long program, which was unheard of in previous Olympics, and I believe its due to the insanity that this new system is creating. The judges are anonymous, which only emboldens them to cheat at a higher level than they have in the past.

I'm a long time skating fan, but when the Chinese team won the silver, after falling and stopping their routine, I threw in the towel. I couldn't watch tonight, a first for me since the 1970's.