As for the pic, I posted a reply on the Morgan Uceny thread.Here it is again with a few additions.
Rojo wrote:
I'll admit the new photo with Solinsky (http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2011/rupp2648b.png) is a little bit out there but let me explain the reasoning.
2) The sport needs more rivalries. Yes Rupp's run really has little to do with Solinsky but if you don't think there is a rivalry between them and their camps, then your head is in the sand. The NFL is fun because people root for teams. Running needs more of that.
Drudge makes the news interesting. We try to make running interesting.[/quote]
You are a complete idiot if your aim is to be more like the NFL. What are you hoping to eventually get to rojaine? Do you want fans beating each other to death in the stands when one "rival" wears the others hat? How about shootings out in the parking lot when your "guy" loses or DNFs? No wait, wait, how about non-stop tailgaiting and binge drinking in the parking lots before all meets where "fans" are puking and pissing on spot? Or better yet how about fights in the stands when someone "disrespects" your guy or gal? I am a fan of track and field precisely because it is not the NFL, NBA, MLB, or any of the other severly bloated, idiot fueled, violence condoning "sports."
Stop trashing a sport that actually trys to foster healthy competition. You idiot.