USATF being sued for negligence in 2021 US Olympic Trials, and sadly I agree.

Well 3 million dollars can buy some good lawyers

not sure about this. an argument could be made the other athletes dealt with the conditions better, perhaps with specific heat training they might have been doing, or some other proactive response they had taken to deal with the heat, such as easing off in other events. why should the athlete whose body failed her get special dispensation?

the start times are there for everybody to see. if you miss the start, unless it is something that affects all/many athletes such as traffic blocking access to the venue or a natural event e.g. flooding, then you probably should be DQ'd.

Nope. You had a choice to not attend and/or could walk away with no consequences. Her only choice to make the Olympic Team was to get on the track and try to survive. USATF did not look out for the health and well being of those athletes putting their lives at risk. They should lose their butts and remember to not do it again.

Which is more likely, lightning striking an athlete or extreme heat croaking athletes, officials, spectators etc...

They'll clear a stadium for lightning within 10 miles, delay and postpone competition until safe conditions. It was not safe.

well what is she suing them for? not getting a place on the team or making her run in unsafe conditions? the latter would be reasonable perhaps.

That's just one year's salary for Max Siegel! USATF can pay for that easy.

Why "sadly"? The athlete could have died in that kind of heat. USATF did not want their schedule disturbed and didn't act until the athlete passed out. They should be sued.

I don't agree at all. I also don't think she's going to make it past a motion to dismiss under Rule 12. And if you want some interesting inside stuff, take a look at who she's got for her lawyer.

By the way, what makes you think she was a "shoe-in" to make the team? I don't pay much attention to the heptathlon, but this woman is a sprinter-hurdler who, as far as I know, would have trouble getting near 2:20 for the hep-800 on a good day. Being in second place after your best events are over and your worst are yet to come doesn't make you a "shoe-in" for a three-person team.

It can also buy some really bad ones, but I'm not sure what your point is. You think she's paying her lawyers?

That's false. USATF rescheduled a number of events, particularly distance events. This woman just had a slow 800 meters to get through. She didn't do it.

Yes and No!

Yes, the meet should've rescheduled any events that excessive heat or any other factor that could have a negative impact of the health of the athletes.

No, unfortunately the meet did stay on schedule and the athletes did have to compete and deal with the excessively hot conditions. Some did better than others, and to sue the governing body because you were unable to perform under those conditions is unfair to those who did succeed under the same conditions.

I'm all for petitioning to change the weather policy (if they have one), so as the health of the athletes is taken into more consideration, but suing is not the answer.

What are the actual rules for this? Is there anything in the rule book about at what temperature a event needs to be postponed?

"Yes we demanded that our employees keep working after the HVAC system malfunctioned and it was 130 degrees in the building, but everyone else was able to just put up with it, so I don't understand why you're complaining."

If the working conditions are substandard, then NOBDOY should have been subjected to them. I could be swayed either way on whether USATF was negligent in this particular instance, but the argument that "other people put up with it so you should too" is a poor one, and it's basically the excuse that people use to treat others like crap in low wage jobs to medical residency to professional athletics.

You're really not sure?? The point is Max drove up to Heyward everyday that week and parked in his reserved spot right at the front of Hayward. Then waltzed into his air conditioned field box which had a full spread......USA Track & Field CEO Max Siegel made $3.8 million in 2021, nearly triple his earnings from the year before.
More than half of the money paid to USATF's 80-plus employees went to the top two executives.
Top athletes are given a $12,000 stipend, and some are forced to quit because they can't afford to compete.
USA Track & Field released its annual tax document, and the amount of money that went to its CEO is raising eyebrows.
According to the organization's Form 990, a document that must be made public by non-profits, Max Siegel made $3.8 million in 2021. That represents 11.3% of the $33.6 million in revenue for the entire organization.
His earnings also represent 39.2% of the total salaries and compensation paid to all employees ($9.7 million). According to Runner's World, the USATF employs 82 people. Get his f'in point now??

Am I spelling the word ‘frivolous’ correctly?

I believe it's spelled with an "m" as in m-e-r-i-t-o-r-i-o-u-s.

Nope. USATF rescheduled distance events prior to the heat wave, but not non-distance events on Sunday. The athlete passed out warming up for the javelin, scheduled to start at 2.15 pm. At 3 pm USATF re-scheduled all remaining events for that day until the evening. The TV window was approaching and USATF didn't want their TV show disturbed until their hand was forced.

All the heptathletes had the same conditions. She is just soft. People work all day in those temps, sometimes in full fatigues.

FRIVOLOUS. She passed out during the jav. I'm not aware of ANY throwers passing out and they'd have a tougher time in the heat than a heptathlete.

It was hot, but her incident was 100% a factor of her not hydrating and overall bad preparation. This is the OLYMPIC TRIALS, not a high school meet.

If she didn't think it was safe, she had the option to not compete.