Many times I have been asked to adjudicate for music contests for public school music students. The kids practice for months in anticipation of the contests. The judges do their best to be fair & impartial. Our kids depend upon us to do our best for them. We are volunteers. We always have to pay our transportation, lodging if necessary, and this we do for the love of & need for, music in our schools. Unfortunately, there is big money tied up in the International Olympics business. Whenever you have big money involved, there will always be dishonest people. If judging these events were looked upon as having umpires & referrees, then perhaps we could have trust in the manner in which the events would be umpired & refereed. This, of course, would require a complete change in the rules. Umpires & referees must be educated & paid, accepted as professionals. There is a strict policy in place for major league baseball & pro football, (and little league too!) and this could apply for adjucating Olympic events, too.