Picked up an issue of T&FN mag, the one with Jenny Simpson on the cover. Now I don't get the magazine often and didn't realized they even had pull-out posters in them, seriously is the T&FN audience one who'd want a poster for their wall? But the main thing is, it was a poster of two time drug cheat Justin Gatlin, are they idiots or what? I don't care if he is having a crazy good season, why would they ever celebrate a guy who cheated not once but twice. Very sad.
T&FN pays $10,000 for a poster picture
The reason I stopped subscribing to Track and Field News a long time ago is precisely because of its "head in the sand" philosophy when it comes to doping.
Who has their "head in the sand"? The fact is pro sports would go bankrupt w/o doping. Even the most nazi sport in America, horse racing, which has sworn cops taking blood and urine samples, is still doped to the gills with LEGAL pain killers.
Gatlin's doing to be the U.S. Athlete of the Year for sure. He may be the overall Athlete of the Year as well, since the two high jumpers take from each other a bit (because each has losses). So...get ready for it.
The drug cheat gatlin.
I stopped subscribing years ago because results were so far behind what I could get on trackshark and letsrun, but hearing this, I'm glad I did. If you must read about running while you take craps or sit on the airplane, pick up running times or marathon and beyond.
Edward Teach wrote:
I stopped subscribing years ago because results were so far behind what I could get on trackshark and letsrun, but hearing this, I'm glad I did. If you must read about running while you take craps or sit on the airplane, pick up running times or marathon and beyond.
The fact that you would compare Running Times to TFN tells us all we need to know about your credibility.
I don't like seeing Gatlin as the centerfold either, but they've had some pretty good posters this year as well.