If she really hit him first this is your analysis? Is she not to blame?
Man, I don't even want to argue about it. I just want Fred to be okay. I don't think he is doing well and that makes me sad. Prayers, vibes, good thoughts, whatever... these are all heading Fred's way. I wish him the best and can't wait to see him run again.
Hopefully GST treats him like the NFL treats it's wide receivers who do this. Beating woman in your free time shouldn't affect my entertainment or GST ticket sales.
I can't say I'm surprised - it doesn't take a psychology degree to know he is a bit of a sociopath. Why he has been so successful and why he keeps messing up.
I respect him for making the crazy change from a World Bronze Medal 400m to a Silver / Bronze medalist in the 100m at the Olympics and a world champion in 2022.
I hope he can reflect on things and calm down, focus on training. It honestly has cost him so much money, he should be a super star, but he is viewed mainly as a problem and loose cannon.
I've long argued sports leagues / colleges, etc. do not have the expertise to be judges and juries. They need to let the criminal court system handle it.
GST let Kerley compete in the Kingston meet after he'd been arrested. How is this any different? The only difference is he'd compete 2 days after the arrest (men's short sprints doesn't start until Saturday) versus 3 months after being arrested, but that might make it even harder to suspend him as there isn't time to get to the facts.
GST has no obligation to let him compete, but without knowing any specifics, I don't have a real problem if they do. They are a sports league, not the morality police.
Update: He's been suspended which is the right gall. I failed to consider two things. 1) This happened at the meet hotel and 2) ITt's a second arrest in months so the odds of both being unwarranted and 'giving him the benefit of the doubt' go down from simple math.
I agree with Rojo through this reasoning.
I don't generally think a sports league should suspend someone for what they do in their spare time. A bit of fisticuffs is not so immoral, and I don't think a sports league should police morality in any case. (Obviously criminal convictions would be different.)
However, I do think that an employer can and should discipline someone for anything they don't approve on company time/business.
Put another way, I don't think Dunder Mifflin can fire Michael Scott for fighting some guy at the bar, but they sure as heck can fire him for fighting someone at the Dunder Mifflin paper sales trade show.
I've long argued sports leagues / colleges, etc. do not have the expertise to be judges and juries. They need to let the criminal court system handle it.
GST let Kerley compete in the Kingston meet after he'd been arrested. How is this any different? The only difference is he'd compete 2 days after the arrest (men's short sprints doesn't start until Saturday) versus 3 months after being arrested, but that might make it even harder to suspend him as there isn't time to get to the facts.
GST has no obligation to let him compete, but without knowing any specifics, I don't have a real problem if they do. They are a sports league, not the morality police.
Update: He's been suspended which is the right gall. I failed to consider two things. 1) This happened at the meet hotel and 2) ITt's a second arrest in months so the odds of both being unwarranted and 'giving him the benefit of the doubt' go down from simple math.
All those people Fred associates with are angry hot heads. You can't assume he is at fault in those incidents just because it happened more than once. His mistake is hanging out with the wrong people. Hard to break away from those social circles when that is all he's ever known. Not looking like he will be able to turn his life around at this point, hoping he does turn it around.
Fights have helped make hockey popular, and have somehow made it into the world of NASCAR, with drivers throwing down after the finish.
Maybe track could use some fights to increase its profile. Guys taking swings at one another before getting into the blocks for the 100m could juice interest in the outcome.
you don't know what you are talking about, NHL has almost no fighting compared to the old days... fight have not made hockey popular
The hood is a violent place. That is how disputes are settled. The challenge is mentally breaking away from it after becoming successful. Mental chains are much stronger than physical ones.
Sounds exactly like Mike Tyson. He had serious issues as well.
The hood is a violent place. That is how disputes are settled. The challenge is mentally breaking away from it after becoming successful. Mental chains are much stronger than physical ones.
All those people Fred associates with are angry hot heads. You can't assume he is at fault in those incidents just because it happened more than once. His mistake is hanging out with the wrong people. Hard to break away from those social circles when that is all he's ever known. Not looking like he will be able to turn his life around at this point, hoping he does turn it around.
I agree.
While I don't excuse his bad behavior, what a situation being in a social milieu with a bunch of dramatic and apparently violent people including one's ex.
No, thanks! I would literally stay in my hotel room and order room service before putting myself in a space (or being put in a space) with any potential of this happening.
The hood is a violent place. That is how disputes are settled. The challenge is mentally breaking away from it after becoming successful. Mental chains are much stronger than physical ones.
I can't say I'm surprised - it doesn't take a psychology degree to know he is a bit of a sociopath. Why he has been so successful and why he keeps messing up.
I respect him for making the crazy change from a World Bronze Medal 400m to a Silver / Bronze medalist in the 100m at the Olympics and a world champion in 2022.
I hope he can reflect on things and calm down, focus on training. It honestly has cost him so much money, he should be a super star, but he is viewed mainly as a problem and loose cannon.
A sociopath is someone who feels entitled to do whatever they want. Fred has had a couple of domestic problems and ran into some young gung-ho police officers outside a night club. Those don't qualify as sociopathy. Maybe you know something otherwise, after all you were one of his sponsors.
The hood is a violent place. That is how disputes are settled. The challenge is mentally breaking away from it after becoming successful. Mental chains are much stronger than physical ones.
I can't say I'm surprised - it doesn't take a psychology degree to know he is a bit of a sociopath. Why he has been so successful and why he keeps messing up.
I respect him for making the crazy change from a World Bronze Medal 400m to a Silver / Bronze medalist in the 100m at the Olympics and a world champion in 2022.
I hope he can reflect on things and calm down, focus on training. It honestly has cost him so much money, he should be a super star, but he is viewed mainly as a problem and loose cannon.
Yeah, what company would want to sponsor this dude, even if he is acquitted of everything here?!