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

the winnerest wrote:

All the new evidence you need.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8q8pcbr1wquc8sz/AABEOhqJH9gMb8boellSnYH1a?lst=

Ugh. So who did he get out to Hopkinton to film him? And on the course? Did he bring an entourage to the race just to document his every move? So narcissistic.

His stride doesn't look like he is impaired by an injury at all, btw.

Fire Barb McKeever! wrote:

SaraB wrote:

You're confusing speculation and assumptions with fact. That is not evidence. Please take conspiracy theories elsewhere.

How is it any different than SPECULATING that Mike Rossi would have posted non-stop about his Lehigh Valley BQ on social media if he'd run the time legitimately?

Sorry, but Barb McKeever and the race committee brought this on themselves by allowing an obvious cheater to skate, without even addressing the photographic evidence in their carefully-worded release or any time since.

I'm not going anywhere.

One is slanderous and the other isn't. The former is based upon evidence (A large amount of social media posts for other races and hardly any for Via) and not speculation. The second has no basis whats so ever. Are you Ken?

PaulPillow wrote:

June 5 - "In the 2013 Rock N Roll Marathon he seems to have kept a consistent pace of roughly 8:00/mi over all the timing mats and the finish. Don't normal runners slow down as the race progresses? I know I get tired the longer I run.

I have to say this was my favorite kenny quote.

He is confused because somebody ran a steady pace in a running race.

Then he said he runs. . . patently false.

SaraB wrote:

Fire Barb McKeever! wrote:

How is it any different than SPECULATING that Mike Rossi would have posted non-stop about his Lehigh Valley BQ on social media if he'd run the time legitimately?

Sorry, but Barb McKeever and the race committee brought this on themselves by allowing an obvious cheater to skate, without even addressing the photographic evidence in their carefully-worded release or any time since.

I'm not going anywhere.

One is slanderous and the other isn't. The former is based upon evidence (A large amount of social media posts for other races and hardly any for Via) and not speculation. The second has no basis whats so ever. Are you Ken?

Firstly, it would be libel, not slander.

Secondly, it's not libel because I never said that they did take a bribe from Rossi. I said that, in my opinion, it's a distinct possibility. People are legally allowed to hold opinions as well as speculate in this country.

Thirdly, isn't it the middle of the night in the UK?

I also find it somewhat rich that you are taking a page out of Ken's book by suggestion that I'm Ken. Ken was constantly responding to posts critical of him with "Hi Mike". I'm not Ken, by the way.

Fire Barb McKeever! wrote:

SaraB wrote:

One is slanderous and the other isn't. The former is based upon evidence (A large amount of social media posts for other races and hardly any for Via) and not speculation. The second has no basis whats so ever. Are you Ken?

Firstly, it would be libel, not slander.

Secondly, it's not libel because I never said that they did take a bribe from Rossi. I said that, in my opinion, it's a distinct possibility. People are legally allowed to hold opinions as well as speculate in this country.

Thirdly, isn't it the middle of the night in the UK?

I also find it somewhat rich that you are taking a page out of Ken's book by suggestion that I'm Ken. Ken was constantly responding to posts critical of him with "Hi Mike". I'm not Ken, by the way.

I didn't suggest, I asked. :) You make your arguments in the same way as him and have the same sentence structure so it reads very similar. Libel/ slander, tomato/tomarto. There's no facts to support the opinion. I don't think you should accuse anyone of anything without facts.

So who are you then? What other names have you posted under? Oh and the Mike thing is ironic, we all do it. We're talking to Mike who is reading, not people who post. Mike hasn't posted in here for a while. His penmanship is very easy to spot.

Mike's a winner wrote:

MR is still a loser wrote:

Probably never run another marathon.

He doesn't need to, he's got what he wants, for him life is sweet, sitting back with his feet up laughing at you losers.

Yeah, what a winner, not. Well I guess he has won the lying game.

- WHERE IS THE WINNER? Not running

The Lehigh Valley Network Via Marathon Committee and Barb McKeever are also complicit in Rossi's lying. They did not clear his name not did they affirm that he ran race. They provided nothing to confirm that he ran the race or confirm that his time accurate.

SaraB wrote:

I didn't suggest, I asked. :) You make your arguments in the same way as him and have the same sentence structure so it reads very similar. Libel/ slander, tomato/tomarto. There's no facts to support the opinion. I don't think you should accuse anyone of anything without facts.

Fair enough and, just to be clear, I'm not accusing Barb McKeever or the race committee of having taken a bribe from Rossi, I just think that it's a possibility that can't be discounted and something that I, personally, will always wonder about as long as Rossi's name remains in the results.

Anyhow, I'm done with this thread for today. Hopefully it's still here tomorrow...

Cheers!

Fire Barb McKeever! wrote:

I just think that it's a possibility that can't be discounted and something that I, personally, will always wonder about as long as Rossi's name remains in the results.

Ken said almost the exact same word earlier in the about someone else. Spooky :)

don't be jealous because Mike is the man in the arena and you are not....

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8q8pcbr1wquc8sz/AABEOhqJH9gMb8boellSnYH1a?lst=

the winnerest wrote:

don't be jealous because Mike is the man in the arena and you are not....

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8q8pcbr1wquc8sz/AABEOhqJH9gMb8boellSnYH1a?lst=

It is no wonder he runs so damn slow. His gait looks pathetic. Knees practically stay together and swings legs outward. What a geeky mess.

SaraB wrote:

Fire Barb McKeever! wrote:

How is it any different than SPECULATING that Mike Rossi would have posted non-stop about his Lehigh Valley BQ on social media if he'd run the time legitimately?

Sorry, but Barb McKeever and the race committee brought this on themselves by allowing an obvious cheater to skate, without even addressing the photographic evidence in their carefully-worded release or any time since.

I'm not going anywhere.

One is slanderous and the other isn't. The former is based upon evidence (A large amount of social media posts for other races and hardly any for Via) and not speculation. The second has no basis whats so ever. Are you Ken?

It's not slanderous if you clearly state that it is an opinion. Stating it as fact would possible be slanderous - stating an opinion cannot be slander. that said I too disagree with throwing out wild ass theories based on no real evidence..

Yes, it would be libel, not slander...fwiw. We should just use the broader 'defamation'.

Saying Mike is a cheater is not libelous, because it is the truth. Stating Barb Keever accepted a bribe with no evidence would be textbook libel assuming she could prove that false. Stating "In my opinion I think it's possible that Mike would have offered Barb Keever a bribe" is not libel, but is not a road I would go down in a public forum.

doubler wrote:

Yes, it would be libel, not slander...fwiw. We should just use the broader 'defamation'.

Saying Mike is a cheater is not libelous, because it is the truth. Stating Barb Keever accepted a bribe with no evidence would be textbook libel assuming she could prove that false. Stating "In my opinion I think it's possible that Mike would have offered Barb Keever a bribe" is not libel, but is not a road I would go down in a public forum.

In addition to making knowingly making a false statement, one has to show that it was injurious. The intent of defamation law is to care of injuries to reputation.

Last chance to get your mike rossi commerative video. somebody should re-upload it to youtube so we can watch on a loop

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8q8pcbr1wquc8sz/AABEOhqJH9gMb8boellSnYH1a?lst=

Why was this thread deleted?

And why are the Brojos deleting every new thread asking why this thread was deleted?

the winnerest wrote:

Last chance to get your mike rossi commerative video. somebody should re-upload it to youtube so we can watch on a loop

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8q8pcbr1wquc8sz/AABEOhqJH9gMb8boellSnYH1a?lst=

FFS quit with the "Somebody should do this", "Somebody should do that" crap! How about you posting it on YouTube?

questioner of things wrote:

Why was this thread deleted?

And why are the Brojos deleting every new thread asking why this thread was deleted?

What do you want to bet it was Kenny crying to letruns? ... Saying he was being bullied even though he was just getting called out.

Sad.

So, is this thread over for real? Anybody have any insight?