Brojos: Take down "The Boston Marathon was Fixed Thread" from the Home Page

Yes, delete that thread.

Or;

Create a new forum - fluff forum where like I had posted on that thread the MORONS can post about anything they want to. Just that it won't be read by anyone with half a brain.

There are countless different ways they could deal with this issue, and resolve it like adults .. for whatever reason, they seem bent on allowing it to thrive.

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Take the damn thing down already.

But no shock about drug accusations?

Broncos don't care. They love the drama.

Auto populated. If the people want to talk about it...

I never saw it on the homepage.

I deleted a bunch of threads saying Meb wasn't an American, etc. I figured "The Boston Marathon is fixed" thread is about the integrity of the sport so I let it stay up but I vowed it wouldn't be on the homepage today. People love conspiracy theories as shown by the popularity of the thread. Let them talk about it all they want tomorrow.

Are you still seeing it on the Homepage? I see the Shalane 92 seconds thread, but Malmo said he saw it as "Super Hot". That is auto-generated but I can keep it off. It could be a cacheing issue.

Anyone seeing it now?

The Shalane 92 seconds thread is "Super Hot" and in the "On the Boards" box and is entirely fictional as far as I can tell.

On the boards is manually selected.

Super hot is not.

Seriously ? How is a made up story about a mysterious corporate entity paying off African runners so an American could win the Boston Marathon about the integrity of the sport ? I think it says a lot more about the integrity of the operators of this website than the integrity of the sport. It is completely demeaning to Meb to keep that nonsense up. Can't we just once celebrate a great day in our sport without having trolls tear down the heros and dominate the boards ?

Deadman Running wrote:

Seriously ? How is a made up story about a mysterious corporate entity paying off African runners so an American could win the Boston Marathon about the integrity of the sport ? I think it says a lot more about the integrity of the operators of this website than the integrity of the sport. It is completely demeaning to Meb to keep that nonsense up. Can't we just once celebrate a great day in our sport without having trolls tear down the heros and dominate the boards ?

Maybe as one of ther mods posted it's like whack a mole (ever played that?) when it comes to controlling all the drivel that's on here.

Deadman Running wrote:

Seriously ? How is a made up story about a mysterious corporate entity paying off African runners so an American could win the Boston Marathon about the integrity of the sport ? I think it says a lot more about the integrity of the operators of this website than the integrity of the sport. It is completely demeaning to Meb to keep that nonsense up. Can't we just once celebrate a great day in our sport without having trolls tear down the heros and dominate the boards ?

Umm are you new to sports bro? Much, much worse is on ESPN message boards about the NBA, NFL, etc. So many of you whine about running not being a major sport but then you can't handle what that comes with.

Bostonian wrote:

It is unprofessional to have the home page of the sport of running giving any credibility to fringe theories. Do you think any newspaper covered the moon landings by publishing an op-ed claiming them to be fake on the front page?

Keep the thread. Censorship is not the answer, but posting that crap on the home page is disgusting.

Yes, yes, by all means we cannot be talking about ideas now can we? That sort of thing can be dangerous.

Nice use of the false comparison by the way. Because you say that the idea that this race was fixed is equivalent to thinking the moon landings were faked then it must be so, huh? Sorry, but that puts you squarely in the crazy box.

Dennis Reynolds 2.0 wrote:

Deadman Running wrote:

Seriously ? How is a made up story about a mysterious corporate entity paying off African runners so an American could win the Boston Marathon about the integrity of the sport ? I think it says a lot more about the integrity of the operators of this website than the integrity of the sport. It is completely demeaning to Meb to keep that nonsense up. Can't we just once celebrate a great day in our sport without having trolls tear down the heros and dominate the boards ?

Umm are you new to sports bro? Much, much worse is on ESPN message boards about the NBA, NFL, etc. So many of you whine about running not being a major sport but then you can't handle what that comes with.

No bro - I'm not new to sports. The difference is we are not the NBA, NFL, etc. MOst of us here were competitive in our sport at one time. and before the victors are even across the finish line we are tearing them apart and diminishing their accomplishments. Did you hear any nonsense after the Super Bpwl that the Broncos were paid off to lose to the Seahawks ? A lot of people didn't like Sherman's attitude after the 9ers game - but no one said he wasn't the best cornerback on that day. Sorry, but I think its disgusting what people said here today about Meb - I thought you of all people might be able to relate to that.

I'm actually a Broncos fan and it was all over the message boards at the time that there was a conspiracy theory that the Broncos lost on purpose. I don't believe they did but conspiracy theories infiltrate every sport.

Not sure how you call it a fringe theory. More like an observation from people who watch a lot of marathons and notice that this one was incredibly unusual in the way it played out. If you would have watched the broadcast, you would have heard the announcers state the obvious - the pacing was unusually slow and controlled, the breakaway was unusually slow and controlled (and paced by a 2:14 guy), and the last three miles were really weird with two Kenyan guys suddenly putting on the brakes and just hovering behind with a ~10 second gap all the way through to the finish.

Hmmm. A lot of really weird things happen and suddenly an American wins for the first time in 31 years - coincidentally in a very high profile year.

Aren't we allowed to wonder why the race played out in such an incredibly weird way?

Are you also aware that the American runners have admitted to collusion? Are we not allowed to ask about the extent of the collusion? Would it make a difference to you if the Africans were in on it too? Did everybody know that Josephat Boit was going to act as a pacer for Meb? Or was that spontaneous? It's one thing to let a guy go out on a big surge on his own, but a guy just sort of edging away, together with a pacer who has no shot at winning?!?

Also, are you not aware that marathons have been demonstrably fixed in recent years? Did you see Mutai beat Kimetto in Berlin a couple years ago?

Also, are you aware that fixes have been common in other sponsor heavy sports, like cycling? You might want to read about the 1999 tour de france, for instance. It was a high profile year, and some "inspirational" things happened that later (2012) were revealed to involve both cheating by riders AND collusion by the governing body.

Don't think you're being noble by trying to silence people's questions.

BTW, is Tyson Gay still clean?

there's a level of nastiness and meaness that the brojos allow and encourage.

i find this thread as offensive as the long running henry rono thread.

sensationalism, and lack of caring, choosing not to do the right thing when the opportunity presents itself.