Trayvon Bromell DQd for false start in Birmingham- should they have just let him run?

There's no way these false starts are just accidents that the meet can't control. Clearly there must be some noise or other distractions that the meet should have taken care of

Rich kid logic

I think there should be room for discretion when there isn’t advancement in heats and/or a real title of some kind at stake. Let the fans see the whole field race unless some guy is blatantly doing the thing where they false start to screw with the other guys’ minds. Knowing the rules, though, I’d feel awfully silly if I flew overseas to run a 10-second race and then didn’t get to run it because I false started. Gotta hold those nerves in the blocks!

Bromell has all the talent, and keeps folding on big stages.

Of course they should allow them to run. Fans pay money and travel to a meet just to see their favorite athlete get kicked out? That's not fan friendly. And you can't grow the sport if it's not fan friendly.

Flying half way across the world for a 10 second race only to be DQ’d for jerking up too soon is kinda funny.

No

You seem to think that false starts are random acts of god.

They aren't. They're a sprinters lack discipline.

Reacting to the gun is a skill in the sprints. Bromell is a professional sprinter who screwed up. That's on him.

You joggers can start anytime and it won't make a difference.

Those who DQ'd broke the rules and should be DQ'd, according to the current rules. No questions asked, no exceptions. Note how Bromell jumped WAY before anyone, so if it was a noise of some sort in the stadium, then Bromell must have super hearing. And it was obvious -- OBVIOUS -- that Hughes had also jumped when nobody else did. So don't blame "noise".

And the fact that the two DQ'd runners weren't allowed to race, despite their disqualifications, is the standing rule. While it's a shame, for the fans, for the sport, that the two sprinters weren't allowed to race anyway, ISN'T THAT THE STANDARD? You DQ, you depart? If there are exceptions in other meets, then, yes, I wonder why there wasn't an exception made here.

Bottom line: it sure would have been great to see Bromell compete. Let's hope he learns from this experience, and we see his talent shine later this season.

Are you saying we should disregard the rules for the best athletes? What kind of morals is that? Rules should apply for everyone.

Agree 100%. A DL race is first and foremost entertainment. So bad for the fans and even his co competitors that he's taken off. Let him run, but yes, make him ineligible for the prize money. No, not saying at nationals or WCs, Olympics that he should be allowed to race, but in the DL, sure.

It's kind of like the Rona rules that the elites ignore but expect the common folk to follow.

I think only USA sprinters should be excused from false starts, because they are the best. Should someone from other country win, they should be disqualified by default, because USA sprinters are the best.

He should not have been allowed to run. The rules must be followed. He tried to cheat by starting early and there must be consequences for cheating.

In your Logic, as it is entertainment them you should let them dope as well. Not to let dopers run is not fan friendly, lol,

Next time, he can take a boat.

All glory to God. It was His plan😂

HOW DARE YOU.

How about not having a recall gun at all?

Let the race go and DQ false starters later.

I am essentially saying the rules should be changed for the Diamond League. I’d rather have Bromell run than a field without him. Save the Dq for a meet they matters .

Go ahead and stop away prize money and points if you want but let him run. I guess that would be a bit weird if the guy who was first across the line wasn’t the winner but the fans would have been more entertained if Bromell ran.