Okay, I was initially soooo excited about 4hills for the women, but guys... This is literally the worst possible outcome. Garmisch for the women when the men are in Oberstdorf and vice versa? And the Austrian venues might even be other hills? So wtf is the difference between this and the Silvester tour then? No one will be watching them live in Garmisch when they could be in Oberstdorf to watch the men instead! And who would want to miss watching the traditional men’s new years day competition to go watch another “random” competition so close by?
Why is FIS being so idiotic and making the women compete with the men for an audience (which the men will no doubt win overwhelmingly) when they could’ve just let them jump on the same location without an overlap? But instead “no one” will come to the women’s venue just like always. And the TV networks will likely not cover it any more than they have covered other women’s competitions. What is even the point then? Why couldn’t they just fucking let the women have their competition on the men’s quali day, then the huge crowd that comes to watch the men’s quali can also watch a competition as well! But no, working around those logistics apparently isn’t worth it, so let’s just shove the women somewhere else instead🙄
Getting the women to 4hills would be an amazing popularity boost for their sport if they could have the same audience and viewers as the men, but instead FIS is giving them competitions in another location that will overlap with the men’s! So counterproductive ffs!
