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

I was watching the AFC Championship game and a receiver made an incredible catch but he was 5 yards out of bounds.

They should have allowed his touchdown to stand.

People came across the country and paid a lot of money to see this guy score a touchdown.

They should save the "out of bounds" for a more important game, like the Super Bowl.

Want entertainment? If a sprinter false starts he gets 20 lashes right there in front of the crowd then allowed to run

I don't care if this is your site.

Stop being a fanboy for your favorites, advocating slippery slope legislation for those you like, and slamming those you don't care for.

Be the journalist you claim to be...and improve the sport. Don't create factions within the sport to serve your purposes.

Stop with the names, the names, the names. Not every event has to have the names.

Be better or sell the site.

I agree. The journalist integrity on this site is pretty abysmal. You don't see these posts when an African or Brit gets disqualified. They've been happy to throw the book at non-American DSD athletes and the Russians, yet constantly question rules once their glorious American stars suffer the consequences.

Who benefited from his DQ? Bromell couldn't race. Fans didn't get to see the perhaps best sprinter in the world. Organisers got nothing for their appearance fee. World Athletics ended up with a watered down field for their blue ribband event. Completely stupid for a race with no heats to qualify

Track needs all the help it can get, save that one false start rule for HS/NCAA at the pro level ya get one then on the field. Fans need to see the stars compete if possible.

No good solution here. This is a pretty rare occurrence. Bromell clearly has some overseas complex, and Hughes is a mess in this dept. (4/5 false starts now). No, don’t change the rules, but sprinters be better. It’s a raw deal for fans, but it’s in the control of the athletes.

This is off-the-charts, flat out ridiculous.

Have you forgotten that years ago, in his comeback meet, even Usain Bolt had to sit because of a false start?

If we want a traditional technicality switched because fans want to see a favorite, then we may as well run track like.figure skating and gymnastics, where regardless of qualifying, USATF and/or the Diamond League can just hand pick an all-star squad to race so that it's only fan favorites.

Then, take it further. No surprises. No Bryce Hoppel. No Bob Kempainen in the marathon. No Kostas Kenteris or Wayde Van Niekerk.

Only the traditional favorites people know.

How crappy!

I would allow them to race a 2nd race, right after the initial one. If they beat the winning time they win a donut or something. At least they don't waste that trip for nothing.

Nobody let Hembrick fight.

Don't talk wasted trips until you explain Bromell in terms of Hembrick.

And it’d be better for Houlihan fans if they let her run; after all, it was only a burrito.

Maybe put out a Bromell t-shirt and send him some cash.

There should be a penalty, not DQ for false start. Maybe place the blocks back 1-2m or something

Couldn't he run under protest?

Many of you are revealing your innate selfishness across several other threads when you weigh in on snowflakes and participation trophies.

I guess it's ok when you want it as long as YOU get what YOU want.

You're literally advocating a participation trophy for an intemational level athlete.

For YOUR own pleasure.

Hi rekrunner!

whenever a US athlete fails to stay within the the rules and regulations of the sport then the problem is always with those rules and regulations not the athlete.

So we should allow cheating through false starts? Is that fair? Why in earth let people run if they are not a part of the competition?

Ps: Diamond league matters.

Who benefitted? His competitors. And their fans. This is a competition. I get that more and more sporting events is more circus than competition these days but lets not turn DL into it as well.

DQ is for stopping people from doing a false start. No DQ and you destroy the competition.

How changing this to a discussion of whether the current rules are good? The rules used to be that one false start was allowed. I don't remember all the changes, but maybe at some point it was one false start per person, then it was first false start charged to the field, then next false starter was out. I didn't like it when the rules were changed to one false start and you're out. I think the justification was that it made the meets move along better and made for better TV viewing and scheduling. But does it really make for better TV? I don't agree with that. The sprints are already really short events, and they already show multiple replays on TV. I liked the old false start rules better.