The GOLDEN SCORE: A Necesssary Evil?

[Patrick Skerry]

an ippon wins the match, as does a tap out or a choke out...at any time...yes there are various other ways to score and accumulate points...but every judo match is "sudden death" in the fact that it can be ended at any point...

But that in not what the 'Golden Score' means. If you get tapped out or choked out during anytime during your initial four minute match, that ends it - no 'Golden Score'. Only if there is a tie, or no points made at the end of the match, then it goes into 'Golden Score'. The first point wins.

Its all engineered to entertain the $pectator$ at the expense of good judo.

 

[bignick]

i'd much rather have the contest decided by the contestants themselves not referees that may or may not be impartial...

 

[Patrick Skerry]

i'd much rather have the contest decided by the contestants themselves not referees that may or may not be impartial...

One of the justifications for the Golden Score is that is eliminates the judges decision. (But someone has to award the winning point?)

A criticism is that is just make for more lazy referees. There was a paper at the IJF site about a lack of qualified international referee crisis. The Golden Score isn't going to help train judges or refs, that's for sure.

A judo shiai is just as much technique testing for the referee's as it is for the contestants.

 

[bignick]

and they still referee the match...you could argue about corner judges being less important...

a ref awarding the winning pointis a lot less objective than awarding the match based on intangibles such as dominance during the match...

 

[Patrick Skerry]

and they still referee the match...you could argue about corner judges being less important...

a ref awarding the winning pointis a lot less objective than awarding the match based on intangibles such as dominance during the match...

Yes that is true, not necessarily concerning the Golden Score, but very true nevertheless.

The issue with the Golden Score is will the penalty also decide the winner? This will put a lot more power on the side of the judges, not the referree? A lot of judo matches are won by the other guy accumulating more penalties than points.

Only time will tell how effecacious the Golden Score can really be.