It's all a big can of worms.

The problem is, if the jury truly wasn't capable of understanding the impact of that sail damage to the speed of the boat, who are they going to ask (assuming they would even admit that to themselves)? They can't ask the person who is most interested in the outcome, she has a vested interest in the redress being squashed.

So, you're back to the USOC point, make sure there are people on the jury that know what they're doing. I'm not going to say that wasn't the case, because I wasn't there, but opening these hearings to input from the competition "probably" isn't going to solve this.

EDIT: What we need is a "sail-off" provision for this sort of thing. No one wins outright in the room. You go back on the water and match race until there's a clear winner. Well, we can dream, right?

Mike