Category Archives: Sport

IS FIGURE SKATING SUSTAINABLE?

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Jack Curtis

Well first, are ice rinks sustainable?  Rising energy and liability expenses heaped onto an expensive facility challenged by more efficient competitors for recreational dollars plus an economically declining middle class seem to raise that question. Beyond that, the sport has … Continue reading →

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Overspending Figure Skaters And Congressfolk Compared

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Jack Curtis

National  governments and the sport of figure skating share management by elected politicians; that provides some interesting comparisons. Enlightening, even. Let us consider for a moment: The United States is spending much more than it collects from its citizens. It … Continue reading →

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Government, Figure Skating and the Internet (Any Bets?)

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Jack Curtis

In the United States, the sport of figure skating is governed by elected politicians much like the Federal government, except that they are unpaid volunteers. Well, they receive trips to the world’s resorts at no cost to themselves, but no … Continue reading →

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Figure Skating: Beauty Cannot Outlive Its Time …

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Jack Curtis

Figure skating has long been subject to an argument: Is it an art or a sport? Ice shows entertained, televised figure skating entertained even more, generating a lot of money. A U.S. scandal when Olympic hopeful Nancy Kerrigan was injured … Continue reading →

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Will Figure Skating Arise From its Fall?

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Jack Curtis

Figure skating, like tennis, was the pastime of daughters of well-to-do country club folk who could afford it, until television ratings lifted both to popular notice. But while schools and parks installed tennis courts, expensive ice rinks were ignored. Tennis … Continue reading →

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Pro Sports: An American Illusion (With A Posionous Core)

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Jack Curtis

The Roman emperors provided bread and circuses to anesthetize the populace; our rulers provide food stamps and professional sports. This has been a smooth transition until today’s political Left has tripped over its own contradictions. (As political movements are wont … Continue reading →

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Equalizing Dance Inequality With The Stars

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Jack Curtis

TV’s “Dancing With The Stars” pretends to be a ballroom dance competition between various non-dance personalities with professional ballroom dance partners supplied by the show. Ratings have been in decline; it is assumed that the current season will be the … Continue reading →

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The Future For Figure Skating Hangs On A Political Curcus (And A Technical Debate)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Jack Curtis

Figure skating faces an existential financial problem from three directions; unfortunately, that is being snowed under by current ISU and USFSA political circuses. In the midst of these, an interesting technical issue is being publicly debated between legendary champion Janet … Continue reading →

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Will Defenestrating Ottavio Cinquanta Fund Figure Skating?

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Jack Curtis

Ice sports face existential problems: They rely upon facilities facing both uncontrollable energy costs and public policy demonizing energy users. Add to that, the families that have provided figure skaters now see declining disposable incomes while the post-competition careers for … Continue reading →

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See, This Figure Skating Judge Walked Into A Bookie’s Office …

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Jack Curtis

American government is crooked as a dog’s hind leg from what we can see and you have Chicago, New York and the State of New Mexico available (with others) to study how it works. And yet, U.S. government is pretty … Continue reading →

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