Really? What about hockey? Maybe play with no off sides rules and anything in the goal counts regardless of interference or kicking or whatever??
Clearly they meant where the
results are based on judging. Not where the rules of the sport are judged as the event progresses, which would be more properly called refereeing.
In other words, the result of a hockey game is based on the goals scored, not the "judged" aspects. The result of an aerials event is based on the judging itself.
FWIW, I don't agree we should get rid of all judged competitions. The only ones I have an issue with fall into two categories :
1) Those where the judging includes things outside the athletic competitive aspects that can have well defined criteria (i.e. those where "artistic merit" or anything along those lines is included)
2) Judging in events that don't seem to need it
Figure skating clearly falls into the first one. It would be better if it were purely a best athletic/gymnastic/endurance performance event, even if judging had to play a part in that. Want to judge who did the jumps with the best form? Fine. Want to score it based on crowd reaction, artistry, grace, etc.? No thank you. That's similar to most gymnastic events, half pipe events, diving etc. I'm fine with those as well (except for where artistry scores in terms of outfits, music choice, etc. intrude into gymnastics).
For the second one, only ski jumping seems to fall into that category. I'd prefer it if everyone started from the same spot, and whoever went furthest won. If you want to windmill your arms, and you fly further, so be it. I might be missing some nuance of why the "form" score is there in the first place though.