having lunch with a media friend today. I need some history of Nike abuses.

Gouchers entry in the 2008 10k Olympic trials.

I'd have to say the consistent use of child slave labor would be a bit more serious offense by Nike than this other nonsense

the 500,000 dollar bung to the uci to smooth things over for lance

2008 only trials women's 800. There was a fall and FOUR additional women were sent to the final. Meanwhile no one was DQed. Among the 4, Nicole Teter and Kameisha Bennett. This was a huge deal at the time bc it completely changed the dynamic of the final. How can 4 ppl be reinstated for the final if no one was at fault?

Search wrote:

How can 4 ppl be reinstated for the final if no one was at fault?

Um that's exactly what happens when no one is at fault. If one of them was actually at fault then one of them wouldn't be reinstated. Are you saying that in innocent person should not be reinstated?

Don't even ask wrote:

This guy is a producer and loves to get new ideas and I'd like to pitch the Nike/USATF mafia past with him. The Gabe Grunewald case is only the latest incident but even the arrogance with Mark Block in their suite is pretty par for the course with them.

Can some of you detail or give other instances to help this pitch? I can recall about 6-8 incidents but more would always be helpful. We need to cast the truth on these thugs and bring positive change to the sport, not just for the ones who wear Nike.

How is this good for the sport? You'd be bringing negative attention to the sport. There's no evidence that Nike had anything to do with this. This was a coach not a company. Wait until the real details actually come out.

This would be the world's dumbest documenary if the gabe controversy was used as evidence. Letsrun just wants page clicks and $$$. They're suckering everyone with this TMZ crap.

Justin gatlins masseuse getting beat up my llewellyn Starks. What was that about? Truth?

Problem is, you probably won't find it here among these posters.

My fav color of Pegasus 29 are out of stock. I'm OUTRAGED!!!!!!! Get your tmz buddy on thsi! STAT!

100m womens sprint tie at the 2012 olympic trials.

Just remembered the Tarbo-Felix issue. Nike threw her under the bus in favor of Allyson Felix.

As for the Nike lovers and fear of bad press, are really happy with the status of the sport? What's wrong with a little outside audit from the press? We're all being f.cked over by Nike and the USATF. Get a set of balls people!

K5 wrote:

I'd have to say the consistent use of child slave labor would be a bit more serious offense by Nike than this other nonsense

Any shoe, clothes, car, food, whatever company do the same, you moron.

the matt gabrielson payoff

A "producer" of what? This story wouldn't get a green light for the Hallmark movie of the week.

unlike you people actuallywork wrote:

K5 wrote:

I'd have to say the consistent use of child slave labor would be a bit more serious offense by Nike than this other nonsense

Any shoe, clothes, car, food, whatever company do the same, you moron.

no they don't

Shannon Butler's exclusion from the '96 O Trials 10,000 so Chaplin could put in a slower runner. http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=2557843&page=0

just sayin wrote:

unlike you people actuallywork wrote:

Any shoe, clothes, car, food, whatever company do the same, you moron.

no they don't

You're all morons. Every country that has ever existed has used child labor until they get to a point where they're too 'sophisticated' to believe in it anymore. Leave the impoverished countries alone so that the families can earn at least a little something to live off of instead of nothing

1998 World Cup final:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1887294-1998-world-cup-final-conspiracy-theories