Is this a joke? Allyson Felix named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for 2020

Nike should have know Felix is track royalty, sporting royalty, American woman royalty, and black royalty. They messed up big time trying to screw her over. This cost them probably ten-fond the cost of keeping her as a brand icon.

In the world’s eyes they dumped her after years of loyal, mega successful years when she became pregnant.

Then, she became the global spokeswoman for all female athletes/mothers. Then, she made the US world championship team a few months after giving birth. Then, won the US another gold medal at the world championships running the fastest female leg on the mixed 4 x 400m.

She’s a superstar already and not done yet.

my thoughts exactly wrote:

10 white guys on the list. The list was mostly female and black and Latino. A few Asians.

No mention of Bezos, Musk, Gates, Buffet. I’d say they’re pretty influential. No Katdashians either.

George Floyd should have been on the list

Did women sponsored by Nike not go in knowing their rights? It seems a lot of them didn't really care until it was happening to them.

That’s the thing with rights. You assume you have them, until you don’t!

go track and field! wrote:

Nike should have know Felix is track royalty, sporting royalty, American woman royalty, and black royalty. They messed up big time trying to screw her over. This cost them probably ten-fond the cost of keeping her as a brand icon.

In the world’s eyes they dumped her after years of loyal, mega successful years when she became pregnant.

Then, she became the global spokeswoman for all female athletes/mothers. Then, she made the US world championship team a few months after giving birth. Then, won the US another gold medal at the world championships running the fastest female leg on the mixed 4 x 400m.

She’s a superstar already and not done yet.

Hah, no. Felix didn't have the fastest female leg. She wasn't even the fastest female leg from the USA team.

Felix (USA) 50.4

Okolo (USA) 50.0

Diamond (GBR) 50.3

Swiety-Esetic (POL) 50.1

Naser (BAH) 49.1

The commentary I watched said Felix had the fastest female leg, either in the heats or the most final.

Post the place where you got those split times please.

It was a world record and gave Felix her 12th world championship gold medal.

That’s more than most nations, including Great Britain, Australia, Canada, etc.

She is a superstar. Nike learned the hard way not to mess with her. Like everything else in her life, she came away as the winner!

As much as I don’t like Nike, they are still winning.

Felix has more star power than possibly any other current track and field female athlete.

Yes, she’s probably past her prime, but still relevant.

Oh why the heck not? I'm sure that list is full of jackoffs. So the one person you find to b!tch about is a USA Olympic legend?

Exactly. Nike should have known better. Wtf were they thinking. Whose bolts sponsor? Puma? It'd be like puma dropping him.

Track eats its own all the time tho.

Only on LetsRun does a thread like this exist where a female runner being covered by a publication with reach get bashed. Sure, somebody like Alysia or Kara moved these causes forward too but in something movement based it's not really about credit. I think all three of them are just happy to see some progress on the issues they care about. Felix is the bigger name & has a larger platform. Her contract fight with Nike moved the needle on maternity rights. I don't see what the issue is. It's nice to see a T&F athlete getting some publicity. It was nice to see all three of those women share their stories & change the situation for up & coming athletes moving forward.

NERunner053 wrote:

Only on LetsRun does a thread like this exist where a female runner being covered by a publication with reach get bashed.

You're a special kind of oversensitive if "I don't think you can properly be considered one of the the 100 most influential human beings on the planet" strikes you as bashing.

yes, this IS a joke

would someone please point out exactly what or whom she has 'influenced' ; mochas gracias

Means nothing unless its a Nobel.

why not alysia? wrote:

I'm all for women track athletes getting maternity leave but this is amazing to me. Mainly because I don't think the issue is big enough to her being named one of the 100 most influential people on the planet for 2020. Secondly, it's not like she started the movement. Shouldn't an Alysia Montano or Kara Goucher get it as they raised the issue first and then she jumped on the bandwagon, right?

I guess it's only fitting as it kind of reminds me of her track career. She gets a ton of publicity for the work others mainly do (relay golds).

I want her PR company. Anyone know who represents her?

https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888239/allyson-felix/

Felix is better looking.

allyson felix was def the most outspoken on this issue.

obviously to say she's one of the 100 most influential people in the world is insane, but they have to sell magazines. can't just repeat the same people every year.

why not alysia? wrote:

I guess it's only fitting as it kind of reminds me of her track career. She gets a ton of publicity for the work others mainly do (relay golds).

She has 11 individual world/Olympic medals.

So. You’re kind of an idiot ??‍♂️

Guess what happened to the Nike track athlete rep when he messed up Nike’s deal with Felix over her pregnancy?

He’s looking for a new job and Felix gets top 100 in Time Magazine.

Huge Nike PR fail and heads justifiably rolled.

Felix has more olympic medals than any other female, and one more than Bolt.

She only ran the final and the splits are from the World Athletics website.

https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-7125365/results/mixed/4x400-metres-relay/final/result

It's under race analysis.