Nnenna Lynch: NY Times: The "New York Road Runners Chose Her as Its Next Chairman. In 1996, She Failed a Doping Test."

A ban is a ban,,,, she should not be chairperson…. Or nyrr should amend their policy

"It is possible that she tested positive for an amount that would not be considered a violation today."

"By referring to the failed test and suspension as 'new information,' New York Road Runners made it clear that Lynch did not tell anyone on the board about her doping violation before being selected to become the next chairman."

Seems innocuous since it may not even be considered a violation in 2022, but all pertinent information should be disclosed to a potential employer when applying for a job. Did TUEs even exist in 1996 ?

That's the scariest thing I've thought about this Halloween because it's true.

They should be paid the same that they pay all the NYRR coaches. Which is essentially zero.

You've just described a fair amount of the televangelists in the country.

I don't understand your reasoning. Lots of journalists who cover all sorts of subjects post on message boards. This has always been the case since online message boards first became a thing.

In fact, journalists as a group - including sports and other kinds of journalists at all the mainstream media outlets you mention - tend to post quite a lot on social media. In their posts, sports and other kinds of journalists often express their own opinions.

It's very common for sports and other kinds of journalists to post links to stories/material that have been published by others in various kinds of news outlets. Sometimes they do this to praise the material and its authors/producers. Sometimes they do this to criticize or raise questions about the content of a story/piece, the particular slant or angle it was approached and written from, and the editorial decisions that led to the piece being assigned and published in the first place.

I’m not saying it’s isolated. If you’re making $$, pay taxes like the rest of us idiots. Love the NFL and want nothing but success for it, but if the organization can afford to pay him 60 large, they shouldn’t be getting a free ride either.

Pay Goodell $60 mil that is.

The exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3) are charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition, and preventing cruelty to children or animals.

Not masquerading as a charity. Putting on athletic competitions is an approved "exempt purpose" for IRS non-profit status.

NYRR executive compensation has been around 2% of expenses in recent years. I don't know what's typical but that sounds pretty low to me. Compare that to Max Seigel's USATF which is usually around 10% of expenses.

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Journalists posts all the time their personal opinions on twitter. A messageboard is no different. I think posting your poersonal opinions is actually good journalism. Everyone has them. Many people just hide them.

I've got no problem with the head of the NYRR making several hundred K per year (but she's head of board which is different - I have no idea how much she makes). If you want an organization with 300+ employees to be run well in Manhattan, you need to pay well north of 100k.

Now, I don't want Max Siegel type money.

Red Bull has never had a banned substance. Theraflu though clearly used to have pseudoephedrine on it’s ingredients. If you are a pro who gets a 3 month ban that means you are at fault.

And guess what? Sometimes what you are told is true. Maybe she is traveling abroad and cannot currently offer a comment. For all we know, this is a perfectly legitimate explanation. Just because red flags have been raised regarding something 99.9% of us find disgusting doesn't mean Ms. Lynch is dodging LRC. Is it that difficult for rojo to see the possibility that Lynch was traveling abroad and unavailable for comment? Apparently so. Thank goodness rojo isn't a judge (and jury, and executioner).

I ran at a large Division I school in the early 90s. We were told constantly, "Do NOT buy cold medicine, Advil, protein powder, creatine or anything like that on your own!"

The training room had cold medicine and other OTC drugs for us. There was also a cabinet of vitamins, protein powder and other supplements. There was no excuse for an athlete to test positive for something in a cold medicine! I assumed that was common practice at large, well funded programs. In any event, we were certainly very aware of potential issues with various medicines. There really isn't much excuse for testing positive......even in 1996.

The NY Times wrote the article, and the NY Times was unable to get any substantive comment. Not certain what Rojo's posting on LetsRun has to do with it.

Provide the doctor's notes from 26 years ago?

I don't think that word means what you think it does.

Frankly now that we know she failed a drug test, its not appropriate that she is the head of a competitive running organization. Sorry. AND this doesn't surprise me. Back in the day I travelled to a track meet with her and her sister's team and while we were sitting before the meet in a diner the coach started handing out pills to everyone. (these are high school aged kids). I asked what that was and he claimed it was bicarbonate to absorb the lactic acid buildup in our muscles. I found it to be completely fishy and was shocked since I had never seen a coach do that before. (plus its pretty obvious that this method is not effective, so what was it??) Doping or "testing the waters" to improve performance artificially starts innocently even in high schools. You assume you will be able to get away with it since you always did in the past.

Even I knew back in 1989-90 in D3 college that pseudoephedrine was banned in competition and was very nervous about taking it even once the week before a race in which I knew I'd have to walk most of it because of a knee injury that had kept me from training at all the past months. I took a dose of it a week out to clear my stuffy nose, one dose, and my nose was running like crazy the entire week. It did more running than I did. I have never once taken any of that stuff since. But she can't claim that she didn't know in 1996.

They are now.