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Another opinion of the event

Posted by Vince

Jan. 30, 2007 7:01 p.m. • 0 comments

U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

How was Spokane perceived nationally?

Well, read this Philip Hersh story that ran in Tuesday L.A. Times and tell me.

It seems Hersh, who told me how much he loves Spokane, feels the skating event was well run, appreciated and, overall, a success. But the sport itself is at a crossroads and the people who run it don’t know which fork to take.

Hersh would know better than I. He’s been covering Olympic sports for years.

But it would seem to me a place like Spokane, with a full arena and a full-throated crowd, would be a more logical setting for the championships than a town like, say Chicago, where the facility might be half full of jaded people sitting on their hands.

That doesn’t play well on TV. And don’t kid yourself. TV is what it’s all about.