RE: IT'S OFFICIAL! Gabe Grunewald is DQ'd!

More details on the appeal.

5. Looks like you cannot be present at an appeal deliberation if you have an interest in the outcome.

. In no case shall any management personnel or competition official serve on a

Jury of Appeal in considering any appeal where such person has previously performed an

official function in respect of the matter being appealed. No member of the Jury of

Appeal shall be present during any deliberations concerning an appeal that affects,

directly or indirectly, an athlete affiliated with that member.

6. Appeal decisions are final.

The decision of the Jury of Appeal shall be final. There shall be no further right to

appeal. The Jury of Appeal may, however, reconsider decisions if new conclusive

evidence is presented.

So I think we should demand a press release from the USATF with:

A. A statement that the rules were followed, or an admission that they were not and an explanation.

B. If the rules were followed, what was the procedure? I assume it was that a petition was filed, the results were not changed, and then an appeal protest was filed, and then results were changed by the Jury of Appeal. Is that correct?

C. An explanation of why the decision took a day to make.

D. Copies of the written petition and appeal protest filed by a representative of an athlete in the race.

E. The exact time of the following events: When the race ended, when the first written petition was received (better be within 30 min), when the amended results following the petition were announced (the rules say this time must be officially noted), and when the second written protest was received (better be within 30 min).

Yesterday pretty much indicated that Hasay will get destroyed at worlds.

This is my problem with this entire chain of events. I'm not sure Gabe should have been DQ'd, however, we were told that the jury of appeal ruled against the protest and the results were altered after a 3rd protest!!

Yes, a full explanation is due all athletes, all members and all fans of the sport. As a national level official I'd have a hard time serving as a volunteer if I knew the rules were worthless.

It was all a work to generate interest in the sport.

I keep seeing that mentioned on the boards, but who actually said there was a third appeal? Was it someone official from USATF?

sam adams cold snap wrote:

It was all a work to generate interest in the sport.

Taking 24 hours to make a decision? The sport needs instant replays.

Grunwald is deserving of a DQ. She was pushing and shoving the entire race.

Until today I thought Gabe was a dude...who names a daughter Gabe?

uiopuy wrote:

Grunwald is deserving of a DQ. She was pushing and shoving the entire race.

Thank you for identifying yourself as a Nike troll.