cjd1:
The answer to your question is “yes”. Sports like Gymnastics, Ice Skating, Diving, and Freestyle Skiing/Snowboarding have somewhat of an “arbitrary” scoring system, where 5 judges can see the exact same thing, yet award 5 different point levels. And it’s long been reported that east coast judges are more generous with their scoring. But that’s not a big deal, because in the end, the top 6 teams in the country will all be graded by the exact same arbitrary judges.