Well, I guess we know why US Men were DQd from the 4x100

Bunch of whiners? Wasn't it the USA that got Martina disqualified at the Olympics last year in the 200 and prevented that tiny nation winning it's first Olympic medal? Kudos to Crawford for his great sportsmanship.

oohiwantotakeyou wrote:

Bunch of whiners?

Yes!!!!

A BUNCH OF WHINERS!!!

Another Opinion wrote:

I didn't say it early enough. But the obvious reason why Britan pushed for a US DQ for a girlie-man reason was because they knew it was the only way they had a chance at a medal.

I think the rule should be that if they step to the outside of the lane and do not impede, no foul. if the step to the inside of the lane but do cross into the adjacent lane then they can take their place but the time does not count for record purposes. Only one step on the line should be permitted to the inside. At least it would allow for small errors due to accelerating on the turn or having to glance for the baton. The current rules allow for Pu$$y politics and a buch of whiners like the British team.

those are the rules

I was under the impression it was a handoff outside of the zone, not a lane violation, that nailed them.

Another Opinion wrote:

I didn't say it early enough. But the obvious reason why Britan pushed for a US DQ for a girlie-man reason was because they knew it was the only way they had a chance at a medal.

I think the rule should be that if they step to the outside of the lane and do not impede, no foul. if the step to the inside of the lane but do cross into the adjacent lane then they can take their place but the time does not count for record purposes. Only one step on the line should be permitted to the inside. At least it would allow for small errors due to accelerating on the turn or having to glance for the baton. The current rules allow for Pu$$y politics and a buch of whiners like the British team.

You may have more credibility if you knew why the US was DQ'ed.

Rules should be enforced evenly and consistently.

Another Opinion wrote:

The current rules allow for Pu$$y politics.

i.e. we have guys who can't FOLLOW the rules, so the rules are lame. Change them

This is why the US is bankrupt - nobody wants to just PLAY BY THE RULES. Pass the f@#king baton w/in 20m. Everybody else seems to be able to do it. why can't the US find 4 people who can run and pass a GD baton?

Another Opinion wrote:

I didn't say it early enough. But the obvious reason why Britan pushed for a US DQ for a girlie-man reason was because they knew it was the only way they had a chance at a medal.

Did you honestly not realise this at the time?

Another Opinion wrote:

I didn't say it early enough. But the obvious reason why Britan pushed for a US DQ for a girlie-man reason was because they knew it was the only way they had a chance at a medal.

I think the rule should be that if they step to the outside of the lane and do not impede, no foul. if the step to the inside of the lane but do cross into the adjacent lane then they can take their place but the time does not count for record purposes. Only one step on the line should be permitted to the inside. At least it would allow for small errors due to accelerating on the turn or having to glance for the baton. The current rules allow for Pu$$y politics and a buch of whiners like the British team.

The US guys did screw up. It didn't really affect the race, but they did break a rule and that's the way it goes.

On the other hand, if say the Cuban team or some other select third world team had done the same, they'd probably have gotten a pass.

The US did screw up. The Brits did complain in order to improve their chances for a medal. But that's the way the Brits are. In business dealings with the British, I've found them to be close to Israelis and Chinese for misrepresentation and bald faced lying. It's the cultures.

In the end though, the US guys blew it. The Brits got their medal against a mostly weak field. No one will remember in two years except the Brits. Only the Jamaicans were getting true attention.

yea...i can jump 29 feet in LJ if allowed to scratch.....screw the rules

Whatever, the US men's sprint relays are an embarrassment. The arrogant, care-free attitude with which they have "competed" in the previous 2-3 major championships is disrespectful to their competitors and to their country. The lead-off guy couldn't even get his bib pinned on! Come on, guys, grow up already! They looked like a JV high school team out there...again. It's not that hard.

luv2run wrote:

You may have more credibility if you knew why the US was DQ'ed.

Rules should be enforced evenly and consistently.

You mean like the womens 10000? Never mind whether it was marked incorrectly, a rule's a rule, so DQ half the field.

After viewing the video on Universal Sports, I find it debatable that a violation of the rules even occurred in the 4X100.

As for nobody remembering what happened in two years, in six months, if Christine Uhuruogu, Simeon Williamson, Christian Malcolm and the like come to our local races like they did this year, I plan to tell them that we don't appreciate such poor sports polluting our local races, and I hope others (Americans) do the same.

What does Christine Ohuruogo have to do with any of that? Or the other two? Do you think they made that decision? Surely it was management. Did Christian Malcolm even go to Berlin? I don't think he's there.

I didn't realize that the GBR team had the power to disqualify the US team. That's pretty cool. I would have thought that the officials had to do it based on evidence, but I guess it's a more entertaining sport if you can vote other teams off the island.

Translation: you're a moron. The US team broke the rules and were correctly DQed. The race officials should have seen the infraction but they were apparently too busy staring at Blanca Vlasic's crack.