Sound Judgement

I am really exasperated with the results of the Cheer and Dance Competition. If you were there, I know what I'm talking about. For the record, I am writing this blog to express what I am feeling now, this is not to defend AS or anything. I am writing this now because what I saw earlier during the colleges' presentation is contradictory with the results.

Assumption. AS and ABBS committed a number of deductions because 'some' of the stunts were done outside the rubber mat. I think we must review the video documentation of the presentation so we could re-check and re-asses whether these violations really transpired because as far as I know, I was sitting in front, three rows away from the main stage, and I didn't see any stunt done outside the rubber mat.

Assumption. One of the judges gave a whooping 400 PERFECT point to the winner.  Talk about sound judgement huh? To top it all off, we cannot even question the credibility of the judges. Too bad the point system is not averaging :( Implication?  When a judge, at least one of them, gave a perfect score to one of the colleges and decided to give the rest half the score, of course, there would be a big difference in the score gaps.

Assumption. Assuming that one of the judges really gave a perfect score to the winner, where did she based this? Was the act of judging just a pure hypocrisy? Did she just sat there and just decided to give that particular college a perfect score? Yes, I understand that we could not question the credibility of the judges, it is irrevocable according to the policy. However, we also have the right to be informed how she came up with that score. I mean, I am not saying that it would be too impossible for a cheer and dance group to garner a perfect score but if you were only there to witness the performance, even you would not believe that it was worth the perfect score.

Again, let me clarify that I have nothing against UECS winning the competition but I think it was not a fair competition. I have been a regular spectator of the cheer and dance competition, I am not an expert, but I think I can still clearly JUDGE whether a group is in sync or not. I am convinced until now that AS should not be in the 5th place and this goes to ABBS as well.

I am deeply disappointed, truly I am. I cannot even bear to see the faces of the kids at the gym when Raffy Magno announced the winners. I can feel their pain, I can feel that they too were shocked because we all saw how hard they practiced for their routines. This is not just a cheer and dance competition, it's about the discipline, the dedication and the commitment of these kids, the sacrifices that they made just to represent and make their college proud. I just hope that all these things would not be put to waste just because of a STUPID JUDGEMENT.