I'm biased since I've been a figure skating fan since the 60s - but many of the male figure skaters are much better athletes than a lot of the guys who play pro baseball or football.
I'd much rather pay to watch Scott Hamilton or Evgeni Plushenko do something athletically that I've never seen before...than to watch David Wells or C.C. Sabathia lumber out to the mound and sweat like a pig while taking 15 minutes to pitch to three batters before sitting back down.
For my money, appreciating a top-level male skater is no gayer than appreciating Michael Jordan or Tom Brady (that's my Patriots bias showing).
(Don't ask about female figure skating, though - it's great if you like to watch women fall down on ice.)
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