Olivia Dunne sounded the alarm on the lack of audience in female gymnastics and suggested that the judges and the rating system could be to blame.
Dunne pulled an unusual critical post on X on the state of sport. He came when Lsu was upset in a dry match against Arkansas. The tigers entered the meeting as a team No. 2 of the country.
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The gymnast LSU Tigers Olivia Dunne trains between the events against the Gators of Florida during the competition in Pactrech Arena at Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida, Friday, February 23, 2024. (Matt Pendleton / Gainesville Sun)
“I am sitting here to look at NCAA gymnastics and empty seats are worrying. I deeply care about the growth of female sports, especially in the NCAA,” she wrote. “If you want fans to appreciate sport and increase the viewer, you have to look at what makes the crowd crazy! People understand what a perfect 10 is and who want people who do things that look great for be rewarded.
“Too many deductions taken at the discretion of a judge feel the same as watching a basketball match which is constantly interrupted with penalties or a football match with flags with each game. At one point, it seems Negative and loses the entertainment factor that attracts the crowd.
Dunne added that she could have a “unique” perspective on the question given the base of fans that she cultivated outside the sport.
The gymnast LSU Tigers Olivia Dunne warms up against Florida Gators before the competition in Dactrech Arena at Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida, Friday, February 23, 2024. (Matt Pendleton / Gainesville Sun)
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“This is not LSU it is sport,” she wrote in a separate article. “I am in my 5th year and I have an audience of occasional fans, so maybe I’m in a unique position to see what is going on with fans differently than people who just look at the presence numbers. fans are confused.
“I also spend time raising funds for female athletes and I will always plead for athletes. Bring changes that may have an impact on the value of entertainment will also affect financially athletes. For athletes. “”
Gymnastics is not exactly the most constant sport with regard to its judges and points which are noted or deducted. The drama involving American Olympian Jordan Chiles at the Paris Games is a good example.
Olivia Dunne des Tigers LSU looks before a meeting against the Gators of Florida at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on February 23, 2024 in Gainesville, Florida. (Images James Gilbert / Getty)
AWFUL announcing noted that the television viewer fell for the national championships from 2023 to 2024 from more than 100,000.
