[RightlySo]

With the rules as they are, considering BOTH the short and long programs the Russian's won fare and square. Anybody who doesn't like it just being obsessive

Obessive? Costas reports an admission by the French judge seen on television by many here, not just myself who reported this thread last night: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/626879/posts?page=1,100

There are serious allegations of collusion between judges, and Costas reports that the French judge admitted it! Also, in a VERY rare scene, several JUDGES APPROACHED reporters within minutes of the conclusion of the competition to report suspected abuse, collusion, bribery among their own panel!

So you think being angered by collusion is obsessive? You really do have thick, rosy glasses.

[discostu]

Check deeper into that thread. Costas was discussing a hypothetical that someone else had mentioned. Unfortunately large numbers of people missed where he indicated it was a hypothetical situation and have run off with it as an actual event. Had any of the judges actually openly admitted to fixing it I'd be on the other side of this debate (which wouldn't be a debate anymore).