Caleb's Hat wrote:
Thanks, Democrats. I feel so much safer now.
Rest assured, Nike is a solidly Republican entity as are many large corporations due to the tax benefits. This is a business decision to avoid liability and bad optics of being a super spreader event. Business decisions for profit are the ultimate goal of capitalism and vehemently protected by Republicans.
If 90% of the country were vaccinated, their liability would be near zero and the show would go on.
Getting real fed up with this. We need a boycott of NXR, and for everyone to go to RunningLane again.
DaingDirtyDemocrats wrote:
Caleb's Hat wrote:
Thanks, Democrats. I feel so much safer now.
Rest assured, Nike is a solidly Republican entity as are many large corporations due to the tax benefits. This is a business decision to avoid liability and bad optics of being a super spreader event. Business decisions for profit are the ultimate goal of capitalism and vehemently protected by Republicans.
If 90% of the country were vaccinated, their liability would be near zero and the show would go on.
Nike is at the vanguard of crap woke virtue-signaling. Sorry, not Republican.
DaingDirtyDemocrats wrote:
Caleb's Hat wrote:
Thanks, Democrats. I feel so much safer now.
Rest assured, Nike is a solidly Republican entity as are many large corporations due to the tax benefits. This is a business decision to avoid liability and bad optics of being a super spreader event. Business decisions for profit are the ultimate goal of capitalism and vehemently protected by Republicans.
If 90% of the country were vaccinated, their liability would be near zero and the show would go on.
Pretty sure I got COVID from NXN back in 2019
Nxn impacts like 20 to 30 teams.
200 kids.
Get over it.
Cougars *older men wrote:
Nxn impacts like 20 to 30 teams.
200 kids.
Get over it.
For good teams it’s a big deal. For bad teams no effect.
This definitely sucks for the teams that had a chance to qualify. While it is later than ideal they probably waited for as long as possible before it become evident that they couldn't host the meet safely.
While I think that everyone being vaccinated would obviously help, Nike would probably face significant push back for trying to require all of these minors to be vaccinated for their event.
Hopefully we can finally turn the corner so that this is back to normal next year. I don't think more "national" championships is the answer for our sport. The last thing we need is watered down fields and multiple teams claiming to be national champions. While people don't like Nike it is hard to dispute what they have done for the sport by creating this opportunity in the first place. I don't think anyone is going to put out a better product anytime soon
They charge an arm and a leg for entries and pasta party and clothing at regionals. Now they cancel NXN so late that thousands of teams have already booked buses and flights and hotels. They should have cancelled months ago so that Runninglane and Footlocker could adjust accordingly. I hope NXN is done.
UNC wrote:
They charge an arm and a leg for entries and pasta party and clothing at regionals. Now they cancel NXN so late that thousands of teams have already booked buses and flights and hotels. They should have cancelled months ago so that Runninglane and Footlocker could adjust accordingly. I hope NXN is done.
I think Nike's event is too good to shut down. Yes, it sucks that they had to cancel again --- but once they're back next year (hopefully) -- all the top teams will come right back.
You are Delusional... wrote:
DaingDirtyDemocrats wrote:
Rest assured, Nike is a solidly Republican entity as are many large corporations due to the tax benefits. This is a business decision to avoid liability and bad optics of being a super spreader event. Business decisions for profit are the ultimate goal of capitalism and vehemently protected by Republicans.
If 90% of the country were vaccinated, their liability would be near zero and the show would go on.
Nike is at the vanguard of crap woke virtue-signaling. Sorry, not Republican.
What companies say vs. their actions are often different. They make commercials about empowering women as they pay women less and cut female contracts for pregnancy. They claim they are for clean sport, but backed Armstrong & Salazar 100%. Profit is always the motivator. The rest is hyperbole.
LetsGetIt wrote:
Liberals…
Just drove across Idaho yesterday. Hospitals are over full and nobody wears a mask. They’re sending their dying citizens to Washington hospitals. That’s their Freedom to Die politics. Blame liberals for trying to stop the spread, right? Those evil liberals.
runnerdave wrote:
LetsGetIt wrote:
Liberals…
Just drove across Idaho yesterday. Hospitals are over full and nobody wears a mask. They’re sending their dying citizens to Washington hospitals. That’s their Freedom to Die politics. Blame liberals for trying to stop the spread, right? Those evil liberals.
Football games are packed and life is going on. 80% of the people in the hospital are obese and have major health conditions.
Cross Country races are fine and safe. It looks like people stepped up and there will be a National Championship this fall for teams.
Pasta party is optional and the clothing is the same price point as 90% of the meets that we attend but sure draw a line in the sand about that. The regionals are still happening, does it suck that you are booking a flight for a qualifying meet with nothing to qualify for? Of course it does but at least for the moment that meet is still happening so the kids get a chance to compete and outside of maybe two or three teams in the country winning that meet is still going to be the high point of their season
Perhaps these two statements have something in common? Maybe the fact that "life is still going on" or these packed football games are spreading this further to fill up the hospitals? Didn't realize that obesity or having major health conditions were reasons that people deserved to get sick and die
It's a big deal because you make it a big deal.
Another level wrote:
For good teams it’s a big deal. For bad teams no effect.
runnerdave wrote:
LetsGetIt wrote:
Liberals…
Just drove across Idaho yesterday. Hospitals are over full and nobody wears a mask. They’re sending their dying citizens to Washington hospitals. That’s their Freedom to Die politics. Blame liberals for trying to stop the spread, right? Those evil liberals.
Please take a minute to compare Idaho’s numbers for the pandemic as a whole to other states. It is sitting at 37th in deaths per million.
Covid spikes in different states at different times. Idaho was late to get the Delta wave and it doesn’t have a lot of hospital capacity, so it is Idaho’s turn to get the headlines.
Well then neither does being unvaccinated or attending a football game. If everyone chose to be as fit as possible, Covid wouldn't kill anyone and most hospitals would be out of business.
UNC wrote:
Well then neither does being unvaccinated or attending a football game. If everyone chose to be as fit as possible, Covid wouldn't kill anyone and most hospitals would be out of business.
Not sure how you are bringing those two ideas together, the unvaccinated people spreading this are the problem. If they just got vaccinated it wouldn't matter. Not everyone in the hospital is there because they aren't "choosing to be as fit as possible" nor would hospitals go out of business if that happen.
for the Elite entries, you list 16:45/20:00, I coach in Colorado, are we able to use the NCAA altitude conversions for athletes' times? IE a 17:22 in Colorado Springs is equivalent a 16:45 at sea level.
It kills me how something that was started to give kids a great experience somehow turns into an obligation for eternity. For whatever reasons, Nike felt they couldn’t put the event on. They aren’t screwing anyone. Also, we’re talking about a couple hundred kids. They are still hosting great regional meets for a huge number of kids. Kudos to them!
So, in the next couple years, Runninglane decides to stop hosting their event, are they evil guys trying to screw kids out of something? What started out as providing an opportunity will suddenly give the entitled someone to complain about.