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Originally Posted by absorbentishe
I can't say one way or the other. I'm a gymnastic fan and would hate to see it leave the olympics. But does this apply to basketball with the referee, or baseball/softball with umpires? How strikes are called one day is different from the next. Every event is subjective is some way.
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That is completely different. In order for that comparison to work, in baseball the umpire would give a certain number of bases/runs to a batter based on how well he hit the ball, where the pitch was, etc. For basketball, the ref would give points based on his opinion of the difficulty of the shot.
Competitions like gymnastics are based completely on the opinions of the judges. There might be certain things that are set out as penalties, but most of it is completely subjective from what I can tell.