Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?

Is that really his major gig? Working for an Entertainment group and being a part time hack for a radio station? How much coin could that bring in?

Don't attack the hospital wrote:

I wouldn't post on the health network's page. They have nothing to do with DQ decisions. Post on the marathon's page instead.

Has anyone contacted the BAA in the past week? Not via Facebook posts - but actually asked the BAA for its official position on LVM's decision not to DQ and the other apparent (and obvious) instances of people cheating to obtain a BQ. Seems to me to be the next best pressure point at this time. Perhaps Higdon could be the pigeon who delivers the message.

Where is the DQ? wrote:

Is that really his major gig? Working for an Entertainment group and being a part time hack for a radio station? How much coin could that bring in?

From what I read on the East Coast Event Group website they appear to be a knockoff of The Pros. They have lots of DJ's listed on their site, but no photographers or video people. Some of the DJ's are probably actual employees, including Rossi. But the phot and videos are most likely done by them subcontracting out the work to other companies, who are usually hacks and don't charge a lot of money.

Looking at their Wedding Wire reviews all the bad ratings seem to come from the photo and video departments, as well as few people that were mad that their DJ was switched last minute without telling them.

I also noticed that MANY of their good reviews were people who only posted one review. I would imagine if a bride was into her wedding enough to post a review of the DJ they would also take the time to post something about the hall, the florist, etc. Would it surprise anybody if they found out that Mike had posted many of these reviews himself?

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

If his boss was smart he would just cut him lose right now. He is going to be a huge liability to a company that probably has some good people working for them.

This is an example where you guys cross the line. If you don't think this is cyberbullying and cut exactly from the same cloth as Rossi then you're a bigger jackass than he is. You guys are scum.

Thanks for chiming in Mike

seriously... wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

If his boss was smart he would just cut him lose right now. He is going to be a huge liability to a company that probably has some good people working for them.

This is an example where you guys cross the line. If you don't think this is cyberbullying and cut exactly from the same cloth as Rossi then you're a bigger jackass than he is. You guys are scum.

seriously... wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

If his boss was smart he would just cut him lose right now. He is going to be a huge liability to a company that probably has some good people working for them.

This is an example where you guys cross the line. If you don't think this is cyberbullying and cut exactly from the same cloth as Rossi then you're a bigger jackass than he is. You guys are scum.

How is he a BIGGER jackass than Rossi when Rossi was the first one to use these tactics in attempting to smear his old acquaintance's business on Facebook and PhillyMag?

It's called karma.

HA! It seems Mike has changed his FB banner to a pic of his marathon awards and his profile pic to a selfie he took before the running Boston.

Does anybody get the suspicion that Mike is trying to rub our faces in the non-DQ decision?

Well, he can gloat all he wants, but right now you can't do a Google search for Mike Rossi or the Via Marathon without a bunch of stories about the cheating popping up. As Google crawls websites those stories might even start showing up for the Boston Marathon and East Coast Event Group.

Either way, Mike wanted to be famous - but now he's infamous.

Has Kip Litton made any comments on the Mike Rossi situation? Also a victim of falling under the letsrun crosshairs. Seems like MR has a stronger backbone, or less shame.

I think Kip had fun with it.

seriously... wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

If his boss was smart he would just cut him lose right now. He is going to be a huge liability to a company that probably has some good people working for them.

This is an example where you guys cross the line. If you don't think this is cyberbullying and cut exactly from the same cloth as Rossi then you're a bigger jackass than he is. You guys are scum.

Nobody has crossed any line. We don't even know if Mike's boss knows about this, but I would imagine that, being the douchebag he is, Mike has some people who don't like him and have probably informed his boss. Some of the very people he works with probably despise him. It would be interesting to FB friend some the DJ's from East Coast Event Group and see if they would tell us how big of a douche Mike is.

But, to the best of my knowledge, nobody has called his boss. I'm merely suggested that a company that relies heavily on customer service and word of mouth for their success might want to cut ties with somebody who is associated with a cheating scandal. Especially since the negative effects could be wide spread. He pissed off runners and school teachers, and both come in contact with lots of people. And that is a potential huge lose of customers for that DJ company.

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

Does anybody get the suspicion that Mike is trying to rub our faces in the non-DQ decision?

He doesn't seem like that kind of guy. He seems more humble than that.

I noticed the title of the thread was changed. Nice. Google results - here we come.

Does Mike Rossi even understand why people would be questioning his 3:11?

I think we are almost to the first mile of this marathon. Hang in there Mike, the pain has not yet begun, not for a long, long time. Not like cutting the course and enjoying you douchedom.You had a chance to come clean. Instead you became even worse. No soup for you.

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

I noticed the title of the thread was changed. Nice. Google results - here we come.

Dip Shittin, DDS _ wrote:

Does Mike Rossi even understand why people would be questioning his 3:11?

He completely understands it. He just doesn't care. Because his story is that he ran every race before VIA with some form of injury, so he didn't try very hard, because he wanted his injury to heal. Then he ran the fastest he ever has, but then between Sept. and April he hurt himself again.

So according to all his training times and other races he has been hurt. VIA is the only race he's ever run while healthy.

In fact he was so healthy he was able to run so fast past the photographers that they didn't even see him. I'd say that is quite the recover.

the noose tightens wrote:

I would be careful with this though, guys. Don't libel him. Stick to the facts. If you've never hired his business, don't write anything specific about it or you could find yourself in hot water.

I don't think people should libel anyone, but, just how many law suits do you think he can afford? Even when you win a law suit it still costs you a lot of money in legal fees. Yes, you get some of that back (not all of it) but you have to pay that money up front. Is this guy super wealthy? An ordinary person can maybe afford one law suit, but to start multiple law suits? The only way he can do that is if he has a whole lot of money.

The reality is, if 10, or 20, etc. people wrote libelous things about a person, there's just no way that person could afford to sue everyone. He'd have to pick one or two and mortgage his house.

I am not saying anybody should write libelous things, as you shouldn't, I just think it's unlikely this guy is going to be starting a whole string of lawsuits unless he is wealthy.

YellowLab wrote:

Don't attack the hospital wrote:

I wouldn't post on the health network's page. They have nothing to do with DQ decisions. Post on the marathon's page instead.

Has anyone contacted the BAA in the past week? Not via Facebook posts - but actually asked the BAA for its official position on LVM's decision not to DQ and the other apparent (and obvious) instances of people cheating to obtain a BQ. Seems to me to be the next best pressure point at this time. Perhaps Higdon could be the pigeon who delivers the message.

I kept trying to contact the BAA about Kip Litton running Boston 2011 or 2012 and nothing happened. Mike Perioni or whatever his name is just ignored it

Litton ended up not showing up though

No kidding. Harassing him on Facebook/Twitter, contacting his place of work, posting fake reviews of his business, creating a blog about him, etc... Is there no line you guys won't cross?After hearing about the letter to the principal and then his alleged cheating, I was against him. Seeing what the cyberbullies are doing, I'm much more sympathetic toward him.

seriously... wrote:

LoserMikeRossi wrote:

If his boss was smart he would just cut him lose right now. He is going to be a huge liability to a company that probably has some good people working for them.

This is an example where you guys cross the line. If you don't think this is cyberbullying and cut exactly from the same cloth as Rossi then you're a bigger jackass than he is. You guys are scum.

I can see him setting up his lawyer with potential cash cows.