From a good Oregonian article on Rupp:
"There have been no documented cases, or even creditable accusations, of Oregon Project athletes using banned substances. But it hasn't stopped the message board chatter.
Rupp ignores it. He stays off the message boards, keeps his profile low and remains intent on his goals."
notruppcertified wrote:
From a good Oregonian article on Rupp:
"There have been no documented cases, or even creditable accusations, of Oregon Project athletes using banned substances. But it hasn't stopped the message board chatter.
Rupp ignores it. He stays off the message boards, keeps his profile low and remains intent on his goals."
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2015/05/at_long_last_portland_distance.html#incart_most_shared-trackandfield
He may but others at Nike do not.
Rather than relax and enjoy Oregon's first NCAA indoor team title in history in 2009, both Vin Lananana and Alberto Salazar spent a ton of their time at the meet expressing their dissatisfaction to Wejo with Rupp's treatment on LetsRun.com.
I heard there was even an intern at Nike whose job it was to read the Internet.
That would be an awesome job.
Covert LRC operator on the job
Well, Nike, ALsal, and Vinny could never ever be accused of trying maximize the positive spin on their athletes, now could they? That would unfairly lead to them all making more money. No conflict of intere$t is there?
Mo' Money wrote:
Well, Nike, ALsal, and Vinny could never ever be accused of trying maximize the positive spin on their athletes, now could they? That would unfairly lead to them all making more money. No conflict of intere$t is there?
No, there's actually not.
You must have one of them UofO business degrees in pre-business.
Mo' Money wrote:
You must have one of them UofO business degrees in pre-business.
u grad business?
made me chuckle
rojo wrote:
notruppcertified wrote:From a good Oregonian article on Rupp:
"There have been no documented cases, or even creditable accusations, of Oregon Project athletes using banned substances. But it hasn't stopped the message board chatter.
Rupp ignores it. He stays off the message boards, keeps his profile low and remains intent on his goals."
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2015/05/at_long_last_portland_distance.html#incart_most_shared-trackandfieldHe may but others at Nike do not.
Rather than relax and enjoy Oregon's first NCAA indoor team title in history in 2009, both Vin Lananana and Alberto Salazar spent a ton of their time at the meet expressing their dissatisfaction to Wejo with Rupp's treatment on LetsRun.com.
I heard there was even an intern at Nike whose job it was to read the Internet.
I think Vin has long required his athletes to stay off message boards, and for good reason. Nothing to be gained from trash talking and arguing as an athlete in the game. I think the whole phenomenon ramped up and peaked around 2009 or 2010 for many, and especially elite athletes. Eventually you just realize that there really is no point in having a "discussion" with haters, pyschos or jealous detractors. Negativity brings you down so it's your duty to surround yourself by positive influences and eliminate the negative ones. I think it's sound practice to avoid the boards and even staying of twitter and FB etc. makes sense.
I think if we're honest with ourselves, we are all much happier when we are out there living life as opposed to being locked onto that stuff.
I'm still trying to decipher what you meant from what you said. You think it is a conflict of interest for a sponsor to generate publicity for their athlete? I am not a fan of Nike, but let's keep the accusations based in reality.
Reality? Here on LR, reality is a forbidden topic. I agree that the LR nonsense peaked around 5 years ago when Vin and Alberto realized that you can't argue with idiots. Another thing that shut up the whiners, and haters was when Salazar's athletes began performing so well, and when the Oregon Ducks became the dominant collegiate team.
peaksnvalleys wrote:
Eventually you just realize that there really is no point in having a "discussion" with haters, pyschos or jealous detractors. Negativity brings you down so it's your duty to surround yourself by positive influences and eliminate the negative ones. I think it's sound practice to avoid the boards and even staying of twitter and FB etc. makes sense.
I think if we're honest with ourselves, we are all much happier when we are out there living life as opposed to being locked onto that stuff.
Yet our Dear Leader just joined Twitter to be cool, like the kids!
:::Double Thumbs Up:::
It is not a conflict of interest to generate publicity. It is a conflict of interest to change publicity --message board content-- if in your mind mind "you" think it is negative. ESPN would never edit forum content to direct it the way a coach wants it to go.
I don't care if they read or post on the boards, but to have LR affect their lives and attitudes is ridiculous, and it shows in everything that they do.
I had more confidence in Salazar and various runners in the group when they were posting videos of their training and ideas.