I'm as much of a hater of sports with a judged score component as anyone
How is it really any different than sports with referees/umpires who have to make judgement calls on rules violations?
Probably because that's using subjectivity to referee the sport, versus using subjectivity to
score the sport. A football ref doesn't decide how well a touchdown was executed, and score the team accordingly.
That said, I freaking love to watch the snowboarding competitions. Ice dancing freaks me out though, but mostly because the people who do it seem so damn weird.