Words of Wisdom wrote:
Nike profits from slave children in the Chinese dictatorship. Of course those associated with this are scumbags.
Yet athletes choose to be sponsored by them for money like that hypocrite LeChina James. China gives him millions of dollars so he turns a blind eye to the oppression of innocent people in that country. Why hasn't cancel culture gone after Nike and their child slave labor? Are they too busy chasing clout on social media to care? Probably.
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Cant Nike money buy ankoher coach that can get results without the controversies? If not, explain what he has the ability to do with athletes that someone else cant. I get the Oregon ties and all of the slave labor to produce big corporate proffits and using willing guys like James to promote their ware but when it comes down to PR, cant they find a simple solution? This is what happens when corporate sponsored programs with money is the root of all evil intentions vs state sponsored programs that couldnt give a flying f for the human on the delivery end. I guess they aremt that much different. People are inherently bad.....?
I had a boss who was rude and gruff to everyone. Despite this handicap, he was marginally effective, as his analytical skills and attention to detail were off the charts.
Since for some reason I could psychologically slough off his crap, I was in a position to warn him that since his behaviors particularly irritated some women in our group, he would get tagged with harassment. He did.
One example. "My server at the restaurant at lunch could do better than you." Just foolish stuff.
He eventually was "retired." I am not so sure that in this day in age you can be rude like Alberto and survive in a management role. My boss certainly didn't.
What was odd about the boss here is when I look back at history he was probably the best at breaking the old boys club and hiring talented females-he authored several firsts for women in several positions in the company. He had a very smart daughter and I think he empathized with her.
With boorish behavior, there seem to be new risks on the work horizon. Never did like Alberto's character, but sexual misconduct seems to be the wrong term here.
sexual misconduct sounds extremely serious but also rather broad.
does anyone know what he actually did? I don’t need intimate details just looking for a general idea.
It's pretty clear that race/ethnicity played a role here. Would he have been punished like this if he was white? Would he even have been accused?
I’m in no way an Alberto apologist and obviously know a lot of the accusations and problems during his coaching. We know the “gray areas” and secret books to transport banned substances. The testosterone and l-carnitine stories. We know the weight stuff and emotional abuse situation with Cain. But did I miss sexual misconduct previously? Or is this really the first we’re hearing it?
Again, not saying it didn’t happen or excusing it if it did. I just don’t know that I’d heard that previously.
wtf is SafeSport and from where does it get the authority to ban coaches?
Sal fan wrote:
It's pretty clear that race/ethnicity played a role here. Would he have been punished like this if he was white? Would he even have been accused?
Of course Salazar's race and relative lack of wealth played an enormous part SafeSport sticking him to a cross. Compare this to Bill Gates and his pedophilia with Epstein and nothing happens to Gates because he is untouchable. The people in SafeSport are so woke and hypocrites that I bet you they would kick the feet of Bill Gates given the chance.
bruce dentons gold medal wrote:
But did I miss sexual misconduct previously? Or is this really the first we’re hearing it?
Again, not saying it didn’t happen or excusing it if it did. I just don’t know that I’d heard that previously.
I wonder if Salazar commenting on Begley's butt and Kara's boobs (w/ Mary regurgitating) checks those boxes.
[QuoteNY Times:]
Soon after Salazar was suspended in 2019, a number of female runners he coached came forward to accuse him of emotional abuse and fat shaming. Mary Cain accused him of shaming her for her weight in front of other team members, and Amy Yoder Begley, an Olympian, said Salazar verbally abused her and told her he was kicking her out of the Nike Oregon Project because she had “the biggest butt on the start line,” among other accusations of misbehavior. Cain has also sued Salazar, who has denied abusing any athletes, in an Oregon court.[/quote]
All I know is that Kara and Yoder look ecstatic in 2010.
http://legacy.usatf.org/usatf/files/8b/8b1942cd-6b7a-45e7-8581-9f664e4c25f3.JPG
And without looking too hard, Yoder's butt isnt really that big.
Sal fan wrote:
It's pretty clear that race/ethnicity played a role here. Would he have been punished like this if he was white? Would he even have been accused?
He'd be considered white in virtually any other country but the US is a bit weird when it comes to race.
