115-92!
115-92!
Will doping be legalized now?
Fantastic news.
The hard work starts now.
oh great!! now Paula will never be exposed!! F@#$%^ rats
The most corrupt man in the IAAF now put in charge. End of the sport.
Track is dead. Our sport is now no better than the WWE.
Snake.
do they vote for the other spots today too?
Did David Katz get back on the technical committee?
I think Liz Philips was up for re-election and another man too.
Scoe wrote:
115-92!
Earlier on in his campaign it sounded like he was talking tough on drugs eg forming an independent body to do the testing. When his back was up against the wall all we got was 'so called experts' and 'the papers have declared war'. I suspect the latter are more indicative of his true feelings - protect the reputation of athletics at all costs.
The Scot wrote:
Scoe wrote:115-92!
Earlier on in his campaign it sounded like he was talking tough on drugs eg forming an independent body to do the testing. When his back was up against the wall all we got was 'so called experts' and 'the papers have declared war'. I suspect the latter are more indicative of his true feelings - protect the reputation of athletics at all costs.
I fear you're right. Protect the reputation of the sport at all costs. What would he do if a major star say Bolt tested positive? I don't think it would be released. They've not learned the lessons of Armstrong and cycling.
Talk tough, do very little.
Iwastheresawthat wrote:
oh great!! now Paula will never be exposed!! F@#$%^ rats
Seb seems extremely protective of British athletes. I'm hoping in the interest of helping them, he busts the american, moroccan, turkish, russian, ethiopian, and kenyan cheaters. Then maybe the Brits can get caught and exposed by the Germans or something.
The idea that one person, whoever it is, however well intentioned, can make a significant difference is simply wrong. The finances of athletics are all against a full on, no holds barred attempt to eradicate doping. Where would the audience be - both live and on TV - for a sport in which most records were not even approached let alone broken? For example, how many fans get worked up about the women's 400? Good athletes, close competitive races - but nobody within two seconds of the WR (give or take a tenth here or there). Is this what the sport wants across most events?
Coe talks about making the sport more attractive to a younger audience; this age group is not likely to be repelled by doping. If anything it might make the sport more "edgy", more "radical" to lots (but by no means all) of the younger market.
I wish Seb Coe well - but won't be holding my breath waiting for significant changes!
Absolutely brilliant news there. Fantastic!
Some really obtuse and biased comments on here. Yes he was a Tory MP. Don't like Tories? Fine. I've never voted for them either.
But really, what would you expect any person in his position to say in response to the recent allegations, other than what he did!?
For a start he was Vice President at the time, not President, so all the insinuations that he was responsible in any way for the cover up is nothing more than rumour. The buck stops with Lamine Diack (or Lame Duck) at present. If Coe had responded favourably to the Times/ARD findings and admitted there was a problem, he'd basically be saying that Diack was corrupt, incompetent and a bad IAAF President. Even if any or all of those descriptions are true, what do you think would have happened to his chances of becoming the new President had he welcomed the findings and thus implied Diack's failings? Diack and his supporters would have immediately backed Bubka. End result, Bubka becomes new IAAF president and Coe cannot implement any of his proposed reforms.
Yes, I agree he was heavy handed and clumsy with his initial response and calling of the scientists, "so-called experts", but be under no illusion about Coe's passion for the sport. He's a self made man and has no need to continue working at such a level. He's a Lord for G**s sake! People are not aware of the dedication, motivation and time consumption that is required to do what Coe has done over the past 10 years, first with the London Games and now with the IAAF. He is a shrewd man and is thinking long term. People criticised him prior to 2012 and he delivered. Let's wait and see what he can do if and when he becomes the IAAF president. And don't expect things to change overnight. As someone else on here pointed out, he is 1 man and has to work within the structure he has inherited. Yes, he can do things to change this, but it will take a lot of coercion and time. People need to give him at least 2 years before any sort of verdict can be given. I for one expect him to do a lot in terms of clamping down on doping. But even here his hands are tied. When the IAAF tried to impose 4 year and life bans for some convictions, they were deemed illegal in Europe, contravening EU human rights for someone to earn a living. How does he get round that one? Do any of you have any idea how many legal cases the IAAF are fighting at any one time? They can only do so much with limited resources.
Good Luck Tomkinson - New School Bully
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(spoiler alert)
For those who have never seen Michael Palin's "Ripping Yarns" episode "Tomkinson's School Days," the finale has the Graybridge boarding school boys anticipating Tomkinson not to be a cruel bully who sides with the corrupt administration and their petty rules, but Tomkinson ends up being a turncoat and every bit as much in the administration's back pocket as was Grayson, the prize-winning previous school bully.
Has it been mentioned anywhere that Coe has been on the Nike payroll as a "consultant" (a la Chaplin) since his career ended? Surely this is an enormous conflict of interest.
I for one look forward to his Lordship bringing to the IAAF the exact same relentless commitment to transparency and good governance that he brought as chairman of the FIFA ethics committee. I'm sure we can all agree that his tenure there was an unbridled success and, as a consequence, FIFA today is in no way a deeply corrupt organisation riddled with cronyism.
vampire squid wrote:
Has it been mentioned anywhere that Coe has been on the Nike payroll as a "consultant" (a la Chaplin) since his career ended? Surely this is an enormous conflict of interest.
You might be conflicted. Nike is not. They are Renaming the sport Nike track.
The fact that he would even sell out his alleged convictions to win the election does not bode well at all for the prospect of him cleaning up the sport. His comments suggested he would not do so. Deanouk, don't let your admiration for his running get in the way here. He may turn out better. He is not off to a good start.
What the world needs now is a rival track federation.