Lolo Jones is on PTI in ten mins (thursday)

You know what you get for medalling in the Olympics? A MEDAL. And the right to say, forever and ever, that you were an Olympic medalist. That's all you can count on.

Anything else - be it media attention, endorsements, whatever - is in no way guaranteed. I'd think that every professional athlete would know this going in.

Otherwise they end up sounding like some high school guy who complains it isn't "fair" that the girl he likes doesn't like him back. They like who they like, the media cover who they cover, and "fairness" doesn't really enter into it.

The advantage medalists have is that medals, unlike media attention, last. I'd rather be able to tell the grandkids that "I went to the Olympics and got a medal" instead of "I went to the Olympics and people paid a lot of attention to me." (Though either one is pretty cool.)

Lolo celebrated making the Olympic team after coming back from a bad injury. You don't see the difference there?

Defending champions, like Harper was, usually aren't so thrilled to lose.

I don't like Harper because she doesn't know how to market herself and she blames Lolo that she isn't getting attention. That makes her a whiny bitch.

World indoor champion ? Who the hell remembers that novelty event ? I thought we were talking about real championships.

Dawn Harper is an awesome person with an open heart. She tells it like it is (after being asked on the Today Show), what is wrong with that? She's direct, as is Kellie Wells, and both give direct statements, no sugar coating. Male athletes make direct statements all the time and the media doesn't churn it into a dog fight.

SO How much longer will this drama continue with the media stirring the pot? Maybe Oprah will have the 3 USA hurdlers on her show for analyzation and a floodfest of tears. Anything seems possible these days.

Good Karma wrote:

Dawn Harper is an awesome person with an open heart. She tells it like it is (after being asked on the Today Show), what is wrong with that? She's direct, as is Kellie Wells, and both give direct statements, no sugar coating. Male athletes make direct statements all the time and the media doesn't churn it into a dog fight.

SO How much longer will this drama continue with the media stirring the pot? Maybe Oprah will have the 3 USA hurdlers on her show for analyzation and a floodfest of tears. Anything seems possible these days.

I have no problems with her being direct about how she feels. The problem is WHAT she feels. Her jealousy over Lolo's media attention proves that she IS NOT an awesome person. If Dawn was awesome she would not be jealous, she would work harder at getting sponsors and media attention. She wouldn't hold some personal grudge against Lolo for capitalizing on the attention that she is getting. Does Dawn expect Lolo to turn down interview requests because she didn't win a gold medal?

She is a petty little person that has shown her true personality, unfortunately the media doesn't like it.

So if you were Harper, how would you have answered the question differently?

+10!

I'm so over the "Pre is God", "Rupp is a turd" mentality!

Maybe harper was celebrating a PR and it had nothing to do with LOLO. She ran great! You can only control you! That is what is good and bad about our sport.

'There is just no comparison in terms of athletic accomplishments and off the court publicity'

Or looks

and what did they say on the Today Show? I missed that amazing show that day

"I don't like Harper because she doesn't know how to market herself and she blames Lolo that she isn't getting attention. That makes her a whiny bitch."

I haven't really followed this.

Has Harper said she doesn't like Lolo or has she blamed Lolo?

What did she actually say? Or did she blame someone in the press or sponsors that Lolo was getting more press or endorsements than her.

I see the two being different cases.

Doesn't Dawn train with Allyson?

Maybe Allyson should talk some sense into her, although that really worked out great with Tarmoh.

Maybe they're all egging each other on, like a bunch of loons.

f**king women.

The 100m men never seem to have these problems, personally attacking a member of their own national team.

If Lolo Jones was Kellie Wells.I would of been rooting for other country women to get Bronze medal over her.(american here)She is obnoxious,but many of you are too blind to see.

She uses the media to promote herself,which nets her magazine covers,appearance fees(PTI)and rakes in thousands,if not millions of dollars,but cries over anything the media or her teammates say about her.

Allyson is jealous of LoLo.

Seems every woman on the track team is jealous of LoLo.

Which is wrong because LoLo is such a nice person.

Rojo only interviews accomplished athletes, not athletes that were by far the fastest women over hurdles and the slightest mistake in a final coast them everything.

Who cares how many medals she won, she is far more interesting to talk to than Dawn Harper, Galen Rupp, Mo Farah, Any 400m runner, almost all of the 100m/200m guys. Bryan Clay,Trey Hardee.

You preach and preach, but nothing is more boring than when you isolate an athlete and talk about the same thing, get the same answers every time and then produce it like its professional grade "journalism"

Lolo is the most overhyped fourth placer since Pre? Someone made a Tebow reference on here and he is easily more overhyped. Remember this: Lolo was fourth IN THE WORLD. Tebow isn't even the 4th best passer on the New York Jets roster.

you sure? wrote:

Lolo is the most overhyped fourth placer since Pre? Someone made a Tebow reference on here and he is easily more overhyped. Remember this: Lolo was fourth IN THE WORLD. Tebow isn't even the 4th best passer on the New York Jets roster.

You're just attacking Tebow for his faith.

Harper is a loser wrote:

I have no problems with her being direct about how she feels. The problem is WHAT she feels.

So you're advice would be for her to change what she feels? How would that work?

JusSayinSomeStuff wrote:

You know what you get for medalling in the Olympics? A MEDAL. And the right to say, forever and ever, that you were an Olympic medalist. That's all you can count on.

And, of course, the cash bonus. Cha- ching!