There is a "sweeping rule change" pun right there and the author lacked the courage to use it.
exabrial · 22m ago
It was just brushed aside unfortunately.
sunrunner · 32m ago
Curling is a serious sport and not something to be joked about.
mynegation · 17m ago
You knocked it out with this pun!
schlauerfox · 19m ago
US has a curling team too. I wish the US had better olympics television coverage, but it's become mini athlete docs, a little of US performances and it robs us.
There's this too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMLU6-NHINQ
It's almost certainly related. I wouldn't be surprised if the sleeper hit podcast of the same name[1] that was released last year played a role in resurfacing the issue, too.
In some ways it's a shame because I love the finesse game as a counterbalance to the focus on power that seemed to peak around the time Brad Jacob's crew was dominating the scene. I don't follow curling quite enough to know what the impact will be on the meta game though. More guards? Fewer? More takeout attempts? It's interesting because finesse and power both have critical roles in both scoring and defending so it's not obvious to me where the negative/positive impacts to the game will be.
[1] https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1427-broomgate-a-curl...