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Catherine Forsythe in
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Gymnastics on
09 22nd, 2009 |
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The changes in gymnastic rules might have been motivated by finances. Accordingly, fewer teams will be competing in the final round of a meet:
“The NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet has given final approval to one key rule change in women’s gymnastics.
Beginning with the 2011 National Championships, four teams will advance to the final round of the meet instead of six, which will shorten the event from three hours to two hours.”
link: NCAA approves key rule change in gymnastics
While this makes the final round fit nicely into a television time slot, it also makes errors in the early rounds much more costly.
For some teams, mistakes made earlier in the competition cannot be corrected later in the competition. Those errors might simply mean elimination.
Catherine Forsythe
