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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

The Judges Go Off

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

The Judge Survey

  • This week, we had elite and NCAA judges complete an anonymous survey, and they did NOT hold back. We discuss:
    • Parents offering sexual favors to get their children higher scores
    • Judges getting bribed to adjust scores
    • The deep generational tension permeating NCAA women's judging
    • The politics of changing scores to stay in range with the rest of the panel
  • Judging: Not for the faint of heart. Stories about thrown projectiles, threats of bodily harm, and the very real danger presented by passionate grandparents
  • Judges offer up what needs to change in judging, including deep racial bias from other judges and the impossibility of judging accurately in NCAA
  • The judges sound off on what they get most unfairly criticized for
  • The biggest misconceptions about gymnastics judging—like the importance of lineup order and the alleged subjectivity of judging
  • Plus, the hero child who punched the beam, a spate of judge food poisoning, and an important lesson about why you don't go to the bathroom to complain about the judges

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0:00.0

Someone else said how to smaller school request that a visiting school get big scores so they return because they sell tickets.

0:09.0

Which is fascinating.

0:12.0

Remember this show is PG-13 so you might hear a naughty word or two.

0:17.0

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0:37.0

We gave judges an anonymous survey and they had a lot to say.

0:43.0

Today the judges go off from critiquing the code to racial bias, the old girl network sexual favors, and the pressure to give impossible scores.

0:54.0

Plus heartwarming and funny stories about the joys of being a judge.

0:59.0

Want to know what life is like on the other side of the table?

1:02.0

What do judges want to see changed? This is the episode for you.

1:06.0

This is the 25th episode for 2022. It is the week of June 21st.

1:11.0

And welcome to the number 100 NASA podcast in the galaxy.

1:14.0

I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer from the balance beam situation.

1:18.0

And shall we begin with a little background on how we put this episode together?

1:24.0

Yes, we'll start with a background of how we put the episode together, which is that Kenzley did it.

1:28.0

She's not here right now, but Kenzley did it.

1:32.0

Kenzley did it based on the amazing suggestion from one of our long time listener judges, but Kenzley did so much work and she put the survey together.

1:42.0

Although there were a few questions from me. We'll get to that part.

1:45.0

You can help the questions that were from Jessica because there were typos.

1:51.0

Oh, there you are. But basically Kenzley, thank you.

1:56.0

And basically, the idea behind this episode was that, you know, judges give scores and then aren't allowed to like come back with stuff after they give their scores.

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