Can we now expect that any domestic race ending in a losing NOP result will henceforth lead to a frivolous DQ? (Following closed-door meetings between Nike and USATF to overturn actual officials' repeated decisions, of course.)
Just wondering.
A Duck, what do you think of the new normal?
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rupp-certified racing wrote:
Can we now expect that any domestic race ending in a losing NOP result will henceforth lead to a frivolous DQ? (Following closed-door meetings between Nike and USATF to overturn actual officials' repeated decisions, of course.)
Just wondering.
A Duck, what do you think of the new normal?
Slight flaw with this analysis, namely with the Bumbalough situation.
From what I saw, Bumbalough basically paced for 2k, and then shut down. Neither Salazar nor Nike had anything to do with that DQ (moreso because Bumbalough is a Nike athlete to begin with; it makes absolutely no sense for them to get him DQ'd when he doesn't even affect the results and only makes them look bad). I don't know the precise rules of USATF on this matter, but I do recall that in the 2012 Olympics, Makhloufi was originally DQ'd because he basically jogged his 800m heat to save himself for the 1500m. I.e. Bad sportsmanship (he appealed this later).
I would think that the reasoning behind Bumbalough's DQ would be something similar, as the officials probably put 2 and 2 together at some point and realized he most definitely wasn't there to compete. He just made it a bit too obvious.
The Grunewald situation is something else entirely. I don't believe Hasay has the right to be on the World's team, but I also do not believe that Grunewald should get away with basically acting like Merga on the track.
Bumby was DQed for impeding an athlete, not illegal pacing.
Grunewald's contact was minimal. If you DQ her for that, you could argue that there should be a DQ every single race. Plus it didn't effect the outcome of the race one bit.
might be wejo wrote:
Bumby was DQed for impeding an athlete, not illegal pacing.
Thank you for the correction. Although on that note, I did not propose that he was DQed for illegal pacing. I proposed that he was DQed for possibly failing to show an honest effort (i.e. the Makhloufi situation).