I have to admit that the couple of times I've caught the skating -- usually when I'm looking for something else -- I've made snarky comments about costuming (particularly back when they were in the "not quite naked" phase of costume design) and about the astounding waste (IMO) that this man/woman has been getting up every morning at 4 am to go skate for a few hours before kindergarten, elementary school, high school, etc. and since starting HS probably spent more time on the ice than in school or doing anything else with their lives. I appreciate their accomplishments, but think it's a bit sad; and I am appalled at the fact that this sport (like most of the winter Olympic sports) are really for the well-off. At least most of the summer Olympic sports can be done by anyone with feet! (As some of the Kenyans demonstrate, shoes are optional.)

But snarky comments by someone who's supposed to be an expert and actually interested in the scene on the ice -- that's rude, and pandering to the lowest part of the TV crowd.