Does "Atalanta" have any athletes?? Will Cain compete?

The football (soccer) team?

LOL the 700K people who died all conveniently had cancer too.......

Anyways back on topic.

So here's the thing. I first want to say that I'm not one of those people who dismissed Mary Cain's story as "tough" coaching on Salazar's part. She was abused. He gave her prescription drugs she didn't have a prescription for with the goal of "losing weight" and made everything involving her training about weight. He was a creep and I'm sorry she ever got caught up in it with him.

But I have an issue with this Atalanta thing. I don't know how to say it...being a pro runner is not a 9-5 job where you come in and collect your paycheck. Everyone's careers have timers on them, and you have to show you can perform and compete to continue in it, otherwise find something else to do. It's a competitive sport. You have to make it to the next level to stay with it.

I think Nike is too harsh in their policies and several athletes dislike the pressure. But the fact exists, you can't just live on a sponsorship without putting out results. So in a way, I get why Nike is so harsh. You have to bring in the bacon at some point. You have to be able to handle tough pressure, you have to be able to compete. It's not a sponsorship issue it's a part of being an athlete.

I think between Mary Cain and even Colleen Quigley, athletes are searching for a way to eliminate pressure from their careers, and make running about other things like "serving the community". That's great, but that's not what the sport is about. The sport (certainly at the pro level) is about the race, and who gets to the finish line in front.

All athletes who sign with sponsors should get a living wage so they can focus on training (otherwise don't sign them, sponsors!) But you shouldn't get paid 60K per year to hobby jog.

Slightly related minor question: does anyone else think it questionable marketing to name a New York-based track club Atalanta? I can spell and count syllables—the difference between it and Atlanta are clear. Still seems a weird choice to me.

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Slightly related minor question: does anyone else think it questionable marketing to name a New York-based track club Atalanta? I can spell and count syllables—the difference between it and Atlanta are clear. Still seems a weird choice to me.

Atalanta is a figure from Greek mythology known for her ability to win any footrace (until Hippomenes and the golden apples given to him by Aphrodite came along).

Seems rather apropos to name a track club after someone who, without cheating, couldn't lose a footrace, in my opinion.

That being said, at upon a first and/or cursory glance, most people are going to see "Atlanta" rather than "Atalanta" and be confused.

Cayde-7 wrote:

That being said, at upon a first and/or cursory glance, most people are going to see "Atlanta" rather than "Atalanta" and be confused.

Every time I now see it, the image of the football player with 'Indiana' spelled incorrectly on his uniform pops into my brain.

nah, just think its humorous how ms. cain with all her priviledge is going to a neighborhood that I as a black man have lived in for all my life and trying to get her social media care act going