Sign my petition to keep Sha’Carri Richardson in the women’s 100 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

iowalover wrote:

...this is about behavior and respect for the law.

Exactly! That's why slavery, killing Indians, and gassing millions of Jews was all OK. It was the law!

drewfritz wrote:

ABSOLUTELY NOT. This is not the kind of trash we need representing us in international competition at all, let alone the Olympic Games. She likely would not have been going anyway before this disgraceful, idiotic pot bust took place. Have you forgotten she was already facing suspension? Unlike her, show some class and do NOT support her bid to represent us in Tokyo.

geesus you re screwed in the head

Absolutely not. I will not be signing.

I would have signed if you had given Sydney her own page as you did with that Warholm person.

I just hate that the US does fair and honest policing of their track and field athletes while the Jamaicans sponsor Statewide doping. We know that Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and the rest of those girls are Juiced to the gills.

Can someone explain to me how they deemed this to be an "out of competition usage", reducing her penalty at first to three months, then to one month, if she was caught using it just before a competition? What is the definition of "out of competition"?

I wonder if it was sativa or indica?

Sativa makes you energetic and jumpy which could be beneficial for an explosive sport like sprinting.

Indica, on the other hand, makes you mellow, relaxed and sleepy...not good for a sprinter.

I have a medical cannibis card which makes it legal. I assume if she had one too for a medically diagnosed condition (i.e.. anxiety, chronic pain, sleep disorder) it would have been legal for her to take it as a TUE.

However, she did not and knowingly injested a banned substance which she acknowledged.

Kudos to her for being honest and taking full responsibility.

If I were king, I'd let her off for that alone.

But I am not and the rules are the rules until it changes.

If you bend it for her, then you have to bend it for everyone else too.

For those who want it changed, lobby your politicians, get on the board of WADA, or whatever it takes to affect change.

Not signed. Getting high was more important to her than Olympics. We all make choices in life and live with the consequences.

Nah. That's not teaching your kids to be rational, courteous or moraly courageous. Who decides what rules are nonsensical? You! Your teaching your kids many things but not this. You are doing them a disservice. Sad. Oh, and I guess they will never be in the Olympics either.

I'm not going to sign a petition to allow a Dennis Mitchell athlete to compete.

I can't sign, Rojo.

I actually hope she gets reinstated, but only if they look at marijuana and determine it needs to be removed from the list.

It's a current rule, and she broke the rule. Rules are rules.

Was looking forward to watching her run in the Olympics, but she didn't follow the rules, so she made her bed.

Ralphie from A Christmas Story - "The bell rang!"

Now we know why she didn’t run the 200m at the trials

- What's the reason and whole purpose for this rule?

- To try to make things fair and a level playing field for all athletes.

Does her smoking weed confer any type of advantage?

This is the only thing that matters really, morally speaking, as far as I'm concerned.

What I find really odd is that it comes under 'substances of abuse' but only FOUR drugs come under this category - so there are many other illegal drugs that don't come under the rules and she would not be penalised for. Just seems bizarre to pick four out and let the others fly.

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/questions-answers/prohibited-list-qa#item-1420

Where is the rule that says that the USATF must disqualify her. I pulled up the USATF Olympic Selection procedures and it just says that an athlete who qualifies may be taken off the team for all sorts of reasons.

https://www.flipsnack.com/USATF/2020-olympic-games-selection-procedures-track-field/full-view.html

Sounds like she is allowed to compete under WADA rules and USATF had the right not to disqualify her but it chose to do so.

Everyone keeps talking about whether or not she should be punished but not what the punishment should be. Even if "rules are rules," the "rules" don't necessarily require this result. There could be punishment according to the rules but she still could be allowed to compete in the games.

. . . I might be wrong on this but I still have not seen the specific provisions that make it impossible for the USATF to allow her to run at the Olympics.

Blowing Rock Master wrote:

iowalover wrote:

...this is about behavior and respect for the law.

Exactly! That's why slavery, killing Indians, and gassing millions of Jews was all OK. It was the law!

Yeah...its clearly the same injustice, douchebag

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Also this petition is closing in on 10K signatures:

And the brojos counting the ad revenue...

Another example of , dare I say it, mostly 'whiteys', who rail against SJW, pretending to be 'woke' about something, while letting everything else slide.

'Woke' about something inconsequential to humanity, so they can say, "I am against stupid rules".

If you are, then spend some time to gather evidence, create a case against it, marshall the troops, then get a petition to CHANGE THE RULE.

"Nah...too much hard work, I'm not really 'that' woke....will just add to the noise instead. You go rojo, got your back"

Not signing. Think of all the other athletes who would have loved to smoke weed but didn't because they abided by the rules. Why should she get away with it???

skank good riddens

"We the undersigned are officially calling on all US 100 meter runners to turn down a spot to the Tokyo Olympics if they are offered it if Sha’Carri Richardson’s win from the 2020 US Olympic Track and Field Trials is invalidated because she tested positive for marijuana. Richardson is clearly the US’s best 100m runner and captured the attention of the nation even Michelle Obama is a fan and should represent the US in Tokyo."

Seriously? I rarely disagree with the site owners on most issues but this I cannot get behind.

Are you saying that if you finished fourth in the Olympic Trials and were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in the Olympics, that you would turn it down to allow someone who was stupid enough to use marijuana before the Trials to compete? I'm sorry, I don't believe you or anyone else would do that. You are making a petition asking athletes who have worked their entire lives for one chance to compete on the greatest athletic stage on Earth to give up their dreams so that someone else can win a medal. You are treating the 4th-8th place finishers as villains if they dare to fulfill their dreams. Richardson is not a victim that others should sacrifice themselves to save. She made a costly mistake and now she must face the consequences of her actions.

If you want to make a petition to have marijuana removed from the banned list go ahead. Every year people have the opportunity to submit ideas for rules changes in T&F. Go about this the correct way and try to change the rules if you disagree with them. BUT THE FACT IS SHE BROKE THE CURRENT RULES AND NEEDS TO FACE A BAN. I think a 30-60 day ban is perfectly fine. What she did is not nearly as bad as what Houlihan did and so her ban is significantly shorter. Richardson did something ridiculously stupid; Houlihan attempted to cheat. By virtue of the Olympic schedule she can still compete in the 4x100 and take home a medal, probably either gold or silver. I will be rooting for her and Team USA in the relay, something I would never do if someone on the relay tested positive for PEDs. She will learn her lesson and certainly will not do something so dumb before the 2024 Trials.