wallace Gearman wrote:
Can we petition to pass a law to ban running and drinking beer?
That would be the healthy thing to do. I've lost respect for Symmonds. He's a male bimbo. "("Himbo").
He's just an attention seeker now; and his attraction for Paris Hilton makes sense now...he's low brow and not so smart.
A quick career ending injury and he's just some hasbeen in a small town with part ownership in some tanning salons.
Big woop.
Awww somebody is a wittle jeawous!
Not so smart? All of the interviews i've ever seen of him have been very well spoken and he comes across as very intelligent.
Illinoisphotographer wrote:
Sloop John B wrote:The whole Nick Symmonds thing that bothers me the most is that I feel he's losing his true passion for running. All this social media stuff, advertising himself I think is taking away from his focus. I'll be the first to say I think track and field athletes are grossly under paid and deserve many more sponsors than they are currently getting. However, I read in an interview after the Olympics, Symmonds said something like him and Duane brought a great "product" to the olympic final. I'm not sure I agree with him referring to a race that way.
Seems like Symmonds might be getting a little too caught up in propaganda instead of trying to challenge the american 800m record which is the next logical step for him.
I fail to see the issue though. He's a poster boy. Single, good looking and one of the fastest in the world. He's constantly running America's fastest (or 2nd fastest) times in the 800, and all of this media relations show that he is smart. The fact that he actually responds (himself) to his facebook fans shows a lot of personality about the guy.
The issue is that he is a poster boy, good looking, single and had a chance to be a role model, yes, a role model, and runners probably serve as more influential role models than football players (simply because there are far fewer stars).
So what does pretty boy do this year?
Low class stunts.
He's gone from Kodak/Hallmark moments of kissing his mom after making the OT 4 years ago...to running a beer mile at Lane CC (cos he sure as hell would not dare to run one at Hayward.)
Symmonds, was the first to make the Rule 40 thing public...by auctioning off the temp tattoo space (temp tramp stamp) and he could have been a leader with KD etc., instead...they've taken the baton and left him off the team...and he has shown that he doesn't belong on the team.
I think KD was all too often a head case in races; but he sure is a class act off the track. --Which is something Symmonds can no longer say.
Pre, was an idiot for drinking and driving...and paid the ultimate sad price.
But, in his off hours...when he wasn't working cos he had to...he was doing charity and philanthropic work.
Symmonds, needs to drop the beer mile non-sense and go start spending time in pediatric aids wards or something and raise his image, raise his brand, bring a better "product" to the table off the track.
And btw, there is nothing wrong with calling the performance on the track "product," cos that is how the meet promoters refer to it.
And sports is entertainment, and ergo "product."
boomheadshot wrote:
Awww somebody is a wittle jeawous!
Not so smart? All of the interviews i've ever seen of him have been very well spoken and he comes across as very intelligent.
And the beer mile crap is in contrast to his ability to speak well.
He's blind to the fact, because he's not got his values in order.
I'm sure his parents are thinking the same thing....he does all this great stuff...and then the wheels start to come off.
wakey wakey = A Duck
Thank you for chiming in Dennis Reynolds....if 'wakey wakey' isn't 'A Duck,' then he must be a bitter she who has had an awful large dose of Nick's version of the DENNIS System.
ph wrote:
No surprise this is a top story on Letsrun, I mean the BLOJOS are tools and they loved to make mention to what other tools are doing.
Here here! Nice one.
in the NBA, you can be considered a great player even if you punch people in the head (Ron Artest/Metta World Peace).
in the NFL, you can be considered one of the best ever, even if you possibly killed someone (Ray Lewis).
in the world of track and field, you are a bad guy if you run a beer mile in your free time every once in a while.
Lets think about this people: symmonds runs a beer mile every once in a while and gets all this sh*t for it, but then Usain Bolt drinks his face off 4 nights a week and no one really says that much. neither of those things are half as bad as some of the bullsh*t that people pull in other sports. leave the guy be, god forbid he try and have some fun while competing in a sport that really isnt all that fun.
Lets think about this people: symmonds runs a beer mile every once in a while and gets all this sh*t for it, but then Usain Bolt drinks his face off 4 nights a week and no one really says that much. neither of those things are half as bad as some of the bullsh*t that people pull in other sports. leave the guy be, god forbid he try and have some fun while competing in a sport that really isnt all that fun.[/quote]
Or Kobe cheats on his wife with some skank in Colorado and Usain bolt chrashed how many cars partying at 3am now?
With America as obese as it is today at least nick Symmonds is showing that if you drink a beer make sure and exercise after words to burn the calories. I proclaim him a roll model.
Symmonds has zero international medals. ZERO.
Stunts like this aren't helping him, though they impress Caucasian mouthbreathers who hang out on track message boards, I guess.
Koneko wrote:
Symmonds has zero international medals. ZERO.
Stunts like this aren't helping him, though they impress Caucasian mouthbreathers who hang out on track message boards, I guess.
He came awfully close at the LOG.
boomheadshot wrote:
Thank you for chiming in Dennis Reynolds....if 'wakey wakey' isn't 'A Duck,' then he must be a bitter she who has had an awful large dose of Nick's version of the DENNIS System.
I can totally get the demonstrate value part with all the US championships and international finals. I am missing the engage physically part. Fill me in bro (not literally, I'm not gay)