I blame Obama.
Baby Boomers Suck wrote:
millennials amarite? wrote:Yeah they can call it the Millennial final! Everyone gets a trophy and/or a participation medal so no one gets offended. No running fast either, that's not fair. They can have Bernie Sanders oversee the event and guarantee equality of outcome.
And who were the idiots who raised the millennial generation and made sure they all got their trophy? You're right none of the blame lies with the parents.
Peekachew wrote:
Why do I get the feeling that if they keep McNamara and told Gregorek that he was out, you'd be up in arms.
The headline wold be 'Guess what? They've done it again. Officials needlessly tell runner he's in the final then take it away"
Then you'd complain how USATF what a joke because they told a runner he was in on time, only to tell him that he really didn't make it because a DQ was overturned.
Then you'd got on to tell how important it is for runner to get trial experience and Gregorek really deserved to be in a 13-person final and should have to suffer because of a DQ that was overturned.
Have I got this pretty much correct?
You forgot to include some variation of "WHAT ABOUT THE SPORT?" with one of those words misspelled.
I'm struggling with this discussion because the term "Officials" is being used to describe an assortment of individuals at different levels, with different functions, and very different levels of authority as a single group.
Event officials (Umpire, Starter, Clerk, etc.) perform their function (Umpire reported a violation observed); then the Referee decides to act (or not) based upon the written report and video evidence. Once this happens, the event results are announced and the 30 minute protest period begins. (This was when Gregorek is listed initially, but McNamara is out.)
If a protest is filed (had to be one for McNamara to get back in), an entirely separate group, the Jury of Appeals, considers everything and decides if an action is appropriate. The Referee would not (and should not) consult with the Jury in advance to find out what the members of that group want, so the process followed in the race was the one established.
LetsRun.com wrote:
We recap the men's 1500 semis here:
http://www.letsrun.com/?p=118943The big news in our mind is the idiotic decision by the officials to put 13 in the final which makes ZERO sense. Watch it for yourself and decide at the 3:09 mark here:
http://www.dartfish.tv/Player.aspx?CR=p99450c172143m3198775&CL=1LRC wrote:Quick Take #1: It’s a COMPLETE joke that USATF has put 13 people in the final.
After the race was over, Jordan McNamara was initially DQd for making contact with Andrew Wheating when McNamara busted out from the rail with 300 to go. Upon review, the DQ was reversed which was the correct call in our opinion (The contact only briefly slowed Wheating down and since Wheating made the final on time, there was no need to DQ McNamara as the foul was far from egregious. In the NFL, you pick up the flag on uncatchable balls, in track, you should do the same when fouls don’t impact the outcome of the race).
However, in a decision that makes ZERO sense, the officials decided to let the guy who had moved up to the final time qualifying spot with McNamara’s DQ, John Gregorek, stay in the final even though Gregorek was nowhere near Wheating or McNamara when the contact occurred and in no way was impacted by McNamara’s action.
This is idiotic. Putting 13 runners in the final hurts people who like to come from behind and increases the likelihood of falls. Either DQ McNamara and let Gregoek run or don’t DQ McNamaraand tell Gregorek he's out. You can’t not DQ McNamara and then let Gregorek get in to the final when Gregorek was in no way at all impacted by the incident in question.
Watch the foul for yourself below. It happens at the 3:09 mark here:
http://www.dartfish.tv/Player.aspx?CR=p99450c172143m3198775&CL=1
Boo effin hoo. Have you moved on to your latest issue to be outraged at?
How do you get through life?
It makes perfect sense when the two athletes in question are blood reletives of the officials who made the call.