Reply #31: The issue with Michelle and her Medical Bye had everything to do with..

[Sannum]

Money. The USFSA was getting pressure from NBC and the IOC to protect their investment. They needed her for the ratings and dollars that would come in if she had competed. For her own health, she should retire. She is doing COI, but even that is dangerous to her current state.

I was a skater. I had to give it up at 16 due to an injury. You do not recover well once you have the severe injury that she had. In fact, it makes it more likley that she will injure herself even more. She needs to hang them up, and with the rumors of her going back to University, it looks like that is the path she is going to take.