And Coe's improprieties continue!
His incompetence with IAAF is equal to his ability to win Olympic Gold in the 800m. We know he allegedly paid for the position in a corrupt election, but this is beyond the pale. All the blokes in my squad think he is done.
I agree wrote:
I 100% agree.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9287707
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Why Geb? He is one of the top dogs during a dirty era, and managed by one of the shadiest out there in Jos Hermens. Of course, he sure smiles a lot, so there's that. Surely, there are better options..and dont you dare say Bubka...
Nominations please wrote:
Why Geb?
Here is why.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/haile-gebrselassie-news-photo/650795892Here is why .... wrote:
Nominations please wrote:
Why Geb?
Here is why.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/haile-gebrselassie-news-photo/650795892
Well done.
I hate this use of "tone deaf." First, it's not clear to me what it means. Tone deafness means one can't distinguish between two notes, particularly when one is correct and one isn't. But people using the phrase in the way you are simply take it to mean someone doesn't know an action looks bad. This is totally disconnected from the actual meaning, and the metaphor is really unclear.
Perhaps more importantly, how do you know this person is unaware that their actions look bad? Maybe they know and just don't care?
Steve Ovett openly wept at the ingress of corruption within athletics. We need him NOW!
El Keniano wrote:
I agree wrote:
I 100% agree.
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He is only interested in $$$$$, in the short run.
See his shady dealings with Chime, and his double dipping as IAAF (Vice)President and Nike ambassador.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2018/03/24/probe-could-take-fresh-look-lord-coes-12m-murky-deal/MPs have threatened to reopen an inquiry after details emerged of the “very murky” £12 million deal that Lord Coe struck on the back of London 2012.
Coe’s windfall from a company which made a fortune at the Olympics could represent a conflict of interests, according to Chris Matheson MP.
Matheson is on the parliamentary select committee examining sports governance and said he would seek urgent talks with its chairman Damian Collins.
“The Olympics were a great success but the organisers were not meant to make a fortune on the back of it,” Matheson, the MP for Chester, said. “I thought our governance in sport report was drawing to a close, but we may have to reopen it as a result of this.”
Coe, the London 2012 chairman, was paid around £12 million over four years to join Chime Communications shortly after the Games.
Eugene, USA, was given the event without a bidding process, despite interest from the Swedish city of Gothenburg.
A BBC investigation has uncovered emails which claim Coe - an ambassador for sports giant Nike and then vice-president of world athletics - "reached out" to Lamine Diack with his support for Eugene's bid.
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When asked about the allegations, Coe told the BBC he "did not lobby anyone" over Eugene's bid
That's the kind of leader we have to put up with. Shameful.
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We know he allegedly paid for ...
Oh well in that case, hang him high!!!
Yes, the Chime stuff, whereby he continues to profit by selling access, should be disqualifying all by itself.
He's quite handsome.
killermike wrote:
I hate this use of "tone deaf." First, it's not clear to me what it means. Tone deafness means one can't distinguish between two notes, particularly when one is correct and one isn't. But people using the phrase in the way you are simply take it to mean someone doesn't know an action looks bad. This is totally disconnected from the actual meaning, and the metaphor is really unclear.
Perhaps more importantly, how do you know this person is unaware that their actions look bad? Maybe they know and just don't care?
You do know that words can have more than one definition, yeah? Yes, this second definition was created as an idiom of the original definition, but the connection is very clear. Here is the definition for tone-deaf
Unable to appreciate or understand the concerns or difficulties of others; out-of-touch.
The fact that Seb Coe continues to make terrible decisions for the sport and the athletes shows that he he is not only unaware that these actions look bad, but he is actually not able to see how his actions will be perceived, similar to how a tone-deaf (literal) person is unable to distinguish between two notes.
thoroughrice wrote:
killermike wrote:
I hate this use of "tone deaf." First, it's not clear to me what it means. Tone deafness means one can't distinguish between two notes, particularly when one is correct and one isn't. But people using the phrase in the way you are simply take it to mean someone doesn't know an action looks bad. This is totally disconnected from the actual meaning, and the metaphor is really unclear.
Perhaps more importantly, how do you know this person is unaware that their actions look bad? Maybe they know and just don't care?
You do know that words can have more than one definition, yeah? Yes, this second definition was created as an idiom of the original definition, but the connection is very clear. Here is the definition for tone-deaf
Unable to appreciate or understand the concerns or difficulties of others; out-of-touch.
The fact that Seb Coe continues to make terrible decisions for the sport and the athletes shows that he he is not only unaware that these actions look bad, but he is actually not able to see how his actions will be perceived, similar to how a tone-deaf (literal) person is unable to distinguish between two notes.
Phrases don't have definitions; words do. However, I am aware of how people use the phrase now. My poiny is that this is a poor metaphor for the actual notion of tone deafness.
In this instance, how do we know that Coe doesn't know how his actions are perceived? Maybe he knows his actions look bad. That's my gripe with 95% of instances where this phrase is used. There seems to be this new, broad assumption that people don't do things if they know they will look bad. I don't see how that's warranted.
killermike wrote:
Phrases don't have definitions; words do.
Idiot.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Coe is just another corrupt conservative. Shame he was a great runner.
Ciro wrote:
Coe is just another corrupt conservative. Shame he was a great runner.
No, toasted in his top event and only won the other cos some idiot towed him to victory in TT mode. Plus his behaviour on the podium makes him the worst loser ever.
Ciro wrote:
Coe is just another corrupt conservative. Shame he was a great runner.
News flash:all politicians and bureaucrats are corrupt.
News flash... wrote:
Ciro wrote:
Coe is just another corrupt conservative. Shame he was a great runner.
News flash:all politicians and bureaucrats are corrupt.
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So why do we let it persist? Apathy?
News flash... wrote:
Ciro wrote:
Coe is just another corrupt conservative. Shame he was a great runner.
News flash:all politicians and bureaucrats are corrupt.
Maybe so but Coe is the only former Conservative Party (UK) politician with a prominent position in the IAAF.
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