Flavored Striping at the Ice Rink

This one is way out there and mostly a joke but here we go anyway.  In the Olympics when I watch the speed skaters (especially short track) I always hate seeing an athlete go down.  I figure they've worked so hard all these years and now they have the only TV time they're ever going to get and then they crash and burn.  Well to buffer the sting a bit why not candy flavor the striping.  That way when someone goes down and everyone watches as they slide into the padding the spectators can say, "Well at least they get to taste the peppermint candy lines" and feel a little better about the whole thing.  I think it would also go a long way towards recruiting young new talent to the sport.