You missed the point...
Luchini should make the decision based on his own feelings, not based upon some retarded petition. It's very rude of Rojo to put something like that up in a public forum. Most athletes who know they aren't going to make it would do the "right thing" and step aside allowing another person to have a shot, without needing some asshole to jump up and down and start a petition. How would you feel if someone did that to you? Rojo has now made it impossible for Luchini to do withdraw without looking like some gutless clown who lets other people make his decisions for him.
Your opinion notwithstanding, Luchini is the only person who knows what is going on with his season. Just because he hasn't run well for quite a while doesn't mean he is not in shape (hence the point of the story about my own experience in such a situation...I guess I am self-absorbed because I provided a concrete example?). Why don't you put up a petition to tell Ritz to withdraw and give someone else a shot at the 10k? Maybe because you are a hypocrite...