You failed wrote:
runningrummie wrote:
From BAA:
"Prize Money will be awarded to contestants in the EWS only."
Considering historically, all of the elites have never "blown up" let's not make a rule up based upon something that is highly unlikely to ever occur. As for your second proposition, if that were to occur, albeit highly unlikely, that would point to the true injustice of the rule and clearly indicate that it needs to change. In the history of this start time arrangement it has never happened.
As for the BAA rule, it clearly dictates who will receive prize money. If BAA wants to give money to the women this year and allow public opinion to dictate right and wrong, then all it has done is conceded to the people who do not understand the difference between winning a race and a time-trial. We don't need to rehash the arguments that have already been stated in this post to prove why this is true. BAA could have handled this so much better and made it less about the purse and more about making the rules fair for everyone and instead they caved. I am just as upset with it as I am with everyone clamoring. In the future I suggest, letting the fastest non-EWS and non-EMS comeback as auto-qualifiers for the elite starts or pay them an appearance fee, quit the bullshit with fairness. What's fair is following the rules and doing your best.
You failed to answer the question about no elites finishing, or a lowly pack runner beating the elites.
False, I specifically stated, it's never happened. Let's not make a rule for that instance just like let's not start making laws if the sky is purple. If it were to happen there would likely be a reason, so then what.? What if there was an accident on the course that cleared in the 20 or so minutes it would take the EMS to catch up to? Then should we make an exception for the EWS? Nobody complained about this rule before now, not to mention most other national races have the same rules. There are better solutions to a non-problem.