Why are so many letsrunners supporting Sha’Carri’s ban?

She has no business representing the US in anything. She's an idiot piece of loudmouth trash who broke the rules and is rightfully banned from competing for us. She smoked pot and got busted DURING THE OLYMPIC TRIALS. Just how stupid do you have to be do do that???

Would you want someone stoned throwing the hammer, how about the javelin, maybe seeing how “high” you can get before the pole vault

ultramarine wrote:

Because sometimes there's more important things than blind adherence to draconian rules.

Well…it has been done before on more than one occasion…sooooo… (chuckle)

(From “The Guardian” Newspaper (2003)

Carl Lewis has broken his silence on allegations that he was the beneficiary of a drugs cover-up, admitting he had tested positive for banned substances but claiming he was just one of "hundreds" of American athletes who were allowed to escape bans.

"There were hundreds of people getting off," he said. "Everyone was treated the same."

Lewis has now acknowledged that he failed three tests during the 1988 US Olympic trials, which under international rules at the time should have prevented him from competing in the Seoul games two months later.

The admission is a further embarrassment for the United States Olympic Committee, which had initially denied claims that 114 positive tests between 1988 and 2000 were covered up. It will add weight to calls by leading anti-doping officials and top athletes for an independent inquiry into the US's record on drug issues.

DrGator wrote:

[quote]ultramarine wrote:

Because sometimes there's more important things than blind adherence to draconian rules.

Sorry, Ultramarine…I was trying to “Quote” a poster who says “Well She broke the rules”…

This dang iPAD!!!

big bopper wrote:

People get DQed for mistakes frequently. She knowingly broke a rule. What if video shows Sisson took several steps inside of the track on the turn? She still would have won be 100 meters but there would be no arguing even though it did not impact the outcome and she did it by mistake. Don't support a cheater by allowing them to knowingly break rules. Everyone will soon disintegrate into being a cheater in everything.

People knowingly break the rules almost every day. Do you drive over the speed limit? Do you change lanes without signaling? Do you drive in the passing lane? Did you cheat on your taxes? Do you support those who do? There are rules in sport which are there because breaking them gives you an unfair advantage. There are some which are arbitrary and capricious. Why not ban alcohol consumption? How about meat eating? Long hair? Tattoos?

Hey tell me how you really feel…

This rule is very clear. The punishment is very clear. She admitted that she violated the rule and she accepted her punishment. There is no wiggle room. I know the consequence of driving 10 miles over the speed limit and 5 miles over the speed limit. I would accept the punishment of breaking a rule. I take the risk and she took the risk. I drive over the speed limit in order to get somewhere faster. She used drugs in order to cope with stress which therefore assisted in her performance. the science backs this and she admitted the same thing. Are you claiming that she is a liar in addition to being a cheater? I was only calling her a cheater but you have doubled down.

^how often are people issued warnings rather than formal citations for driving 5-15 mph over the speed limit? To pretend like there couldn’t be wiggle room for something like this is like saying officers giving out warnings instead of citations for every offense they witness encourages cheating. And to address your other point, how many legal drugs, therapies, exercises are out there that are objectively more performance enhancing than THC that no one cares about (nor should they). Look, we all understand that rules are rules, and it seems like they are going to be upheld here, but who would really care if USATF changed their selection process and let the CLEARLY superior athlete in to compete while still adhering to WADA’s rules?

You expect the people who use the forums to be supportive? The only people who use these are trolls and wannabe runners.

It wasn't the USATF who forced her to be DQed. So she has no result. If you want to just pick the entrants, we should pick Engels over Hocker. We should pick Felix for the 100, 200, and 400. Why would Richardson be unique especially for a person who was DQed?

I’ll bet a lot of money to see how many of these “rules are rules” people break rules on a daily basis.

The punishment does not fit “the crime.” Depriving a young woman of a possible Olympic Gold Medal for smoking a little pot is like chopping off a hand for stealing a loaf of bread. It’s medieval.

letsrunjoggersss wrote:

You expect the people who use the forums to be supportive? The only people who use these are trolls and wannabe runners.

Which one are you?

You think being a pothead is not a big deal. That’s your opinion. Others clearly don’t feel the same way, hence the rule. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it arbitrary.

Assuming you’re both

The rule will change since pot does nothing to improve performance.

letsrunjoggersss wrote:

The rule will change since pot does nothing to improve performance.

If it aids relaxation and calms nerves prior to an event (as has been mentioned elsewhere), it can improve performance.

letsrunjoggersss wrote:

The rule will change since pot does nothing to improve performance.

Man thinks the sun comes up just to hear him crow. Lissen, ace, let's simply overturn the weed ban. It's useless, right?

Let's overturn it for automobile sports. Car driving's a sport, no? Weed's useless and doesn't hurt anyone, right?

Seems like you don't know whether to check your ass or scratch your watch on this one.

Another giver of +1 wrote:

letsrunjoggersss wrote:

The rule will change since pot does nothing to improve performance.

If it aids relaxation and calms nerves prior to an event (as has been mentioned elsewhere), it can improve performance.

+1

Agreed on the weed. Not only does it potentially alleviate the stress generated by competition (Olympic-level stress in this case), weed has relaxing and sedative properties; it may be used to improve sleeping time and sleep quality. Australia outright banned sleeping pills, though not on a WADA prohibited list.