http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=22021 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 04:19:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=22021#post-59391 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:19:10 +0000 Anonymous 59391@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Following concerns over lack of knowledge by Judges of Competitors, Lord Coe (himself a dead ringer for Eric Cantor, 2nd ranking Replublican in the US House of Representatives)has enrolled all Judges on Seminars to 'tell them apart'.</p> <p>Concerns were raised following discussions between the Governing Body and the Panel of Judges in January 2011. It became clear that most Judges thought that "..Africa was a country fielding a team..". There was then mention of so-called "Crap Countries". Lord Coe insisted that the Judges should call a spade "a spade".</p> <p>The biggest concerns were centred on the Chinese and Japanese Teams. If Japan were to 'go first' there was a real risk that the Chinese would just copy what they did giving a near identical result. </p> <p>Additionally, there was a risk of the teams becoming mixed up, because despite recent advances in CCTV, it was still difficult to tell them apart. </p>