Other than marielle hall there isn't single non-white american distance runner good enough to warrant a sponsorship.
Other than marielle hall there isn't single non-white american distance runner good enough to warrant a sponsorship.
Running isn’t just one event. Everyone here is talking as if distance is the only competition that matters.
The ADP guys don’t look too white to me.
melo seeds wrote:
Other than marielle hall there isn't single non-white american distance runner good enough to warrant a sponsorship.
2 of the runners that made the American Tokyo Olympic women’s marathon team are non-white. Good enough. But not prominent enough.
melo seeds wrote:
Other than marielle hall there isn't single non-white american distance runner good enough to warrant a sponsorship.
??? Here’s some off the top of my head
Raevyn Rogers
Ajee Wilson
Donovan Brazier
Isaiah Harris
Isaiah Jewett
Harun Abda
Izaic Yorks
Yared Nugese
Waleed Suliman
Lopez Lomong
Paul Chelimo
Hassan Mead
Hillar Bor
Lawi Lalang
Kirubel Erassa
Shadrack Kipchirchir
Leonard Korir
Stanley Kebenei
Obsa Ali
Abdi Abdirahman
Augustus Maiyo
Aliphine Tuliamuk
Sally Kipyego
And those are just the big names. Plenty more out there
Should Nike sponsor 5 to 1 white sprinters to be representative of the population? They somehow are able to get away with a ratio that is 5 to 1 black to white which is 25 times of what it should be.
melo seeds wrote:
Other than marielle hall there isn't single non-white american distance runner good enough to warrant a sponsorship.
White girls complaining about lack of sponsors
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/lpga-tour-finances-podcastI’m not sure you are smarter than a 5th grader.
White women wrap themselves in the "woke" banner to dominate the Virtue Signal Corps.
zipper wrote:
melo seeds wrote:
Other than marielle hall there isn't single non-white american distance runner good enough to warrant a sponsorship.
??? Here’s some off the top of my head
Raevyn Rogers
Ajee Wilson
Donovan Brazier
Isaiah Harris
Isaiah Jewett
Harun Abda
Izaic Yorks
Yared Nugese
Waleed Suliman
Lopez Lomong
Paul Chelimo
Hassan Mead
Hillar Bor
Lawi Lalang
Kirubel Erassa
Shadrack Kipchirchir
Leonard Korir
Stanley Kebenei
Obsa Ali
Abdi Abdirahman
Augustus Maiyo
Aliphine Tuliamuk
Sally Kipyego
And those are just the big names. Plenty more out there
This is fair and I'm pretty sure they have had POC signed to sponsorship in the recent past, maybe Duane Solomon? Regardless, it's easy to imagine that Saucony's marketing team (which sponsorship is part and parcel of at any sponsoring company or organization) probably does in fact have a directive to appeal to white, middle class demographic and spends their budget thusly. You could say the same of New Balance or Brooks, to be honest. Even on the male side of things, the faces of the brand are Jared Ward, Parker Stinson, Tim Ritchie, Noah Droddy. Saucony probably is the whitest brand in running, snatching that title from New Balance. Just look at these pages and it's pretty easy to see:
https://www.saucony.com/en/blog?url=%2F/saucony_us/category/athletes/https://www.saucony.com/en/our-team/Do they even have POC represented at the corporate level? It's like the silly assumption that Hillary Clinton can adequately represent the true best interests of POC simply because she's not a guy. Is it some big secret that white, middle class Americans tend to be inherently racist and primarily look to their own as role models and voices they trust? Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly, but I think I've seen studies that support that conclusion. I'll say it's true in my own, anecdotal observations.
How do you know? Did you ask them. I saw Tiger Woods almost punch a reporter once for calling him black.
So true. Molly has done more through her podcast and platform to try to promote poc in distance running than any of the naysayers on her instagram probably ever have.
Smarter than a 5th grader wrote:
Why are NBA players black?
Why are there no asians in the NBA?