ray wrote:
Nick stood up for what he thought was right. He got zero support from the other athletes.
You may recall that after the two DQ's at the indoor meet two years ago, there was a lot of noise about boycotting the outdoor meet and standing up for what the athletes thought was right. The bigger issue here is USATF is a mess and the athletes really don't give a $hit. They worry only about themselves. AAC is a joke, Hightower is a joke, the Board is a joke, Seigel is a joke. Not one of these groups or individuals gives a damn about the future of Track and field in this country.
Nick was right about the the "lost money" in USATF. I have been witness to money wasted on useless "projects", trips, meetings and junkets all in the name of athlete support. Total BS. But this is a group of selfish athletes, who may be having their only shot at an international trip, or are trying to kiss enough backside to get themselves into a nice admininstrative position. They are not going to sacrifice any of that for the good of the order.
This is correct.
I cared he was not there because I think the current USA champ should race. From everything Symmonds said, he wanted to be there but USATF purposely waited until a few days before WC started to release that statement. I hope USATF is proud of hurting athletes. And for everyone saying he is not in shape, the guy won USA this year. Also, he was getting faster at every race. Plus he has done it before so you can assume he was peaking for WC while his younger teammate was just trying to get on that team.
Nick personally should have run, I'm sure his contract is up soon with Brooks and by how bad Loxsom ran all the distractions probably did not help him.
But I think he truly did it for the greater good of the sport because the higher up's at USATF and the IAAF do not seem to care about the athletes OR us, the fans!