Breaking news: Resolution has been reached - Jordan Hasay will not be going to 2014 World Indoors

just go by the facts wrote:

Jordan Hasay is a very intelligent girl and fantastic for the sport.

Somebody better knock some sense into the Gabe girls head or events like this will continue to follow her.

Yes, this is one of most gracious decisions in the history of athletics. I'm not surprised that Jordan came to this decision, and give credit to both her and Alberto. After all, it was Alberto who spoke up and got GG reinstated.

I wonder if GG and her fans will apologize and thank them both, after all she did cause the foul, impeded Jordan and the DQ was justified. I think they will not, but that is their issue, and the incident is now in the past.

The result of this is that I have even greater respect for Hasay, Salazar and the NOP group.

J.R. wrote:

The result of this is that I have even greater respect for Hasay, Salazar and the NOP group.

For what? They handled everything wrong this weekend.

So, the USATF is saying the enlarged, digital imaging constitutes "new evidence"

that was strong enough to overturn the committee's ruling. Wonder who provided that image? The crew filming the meet or someone else? I'm guessing that there's no way in hell that they release that image, and try to quickly distance themselves from this soap opera.

As has been said, they still have a lot of questions to answer, but given their lack of accountability and transparency in this cluster-fark and past issues, we won't get answers. Just more polished press releases about moving forward, growing the sport, blah, blah, blah.

That Gabe girl better learn that you can't just run through people or walls or anything solid for that matter.

And I have no respect for her husband if he used the "I'm a doctor/ going to be a doctor" egotistical rant.

Hypothetically enlarged digital footage could show contact that couldn't be seen before and could be "new additional evidence". I would like to see the footage released.If Hasay withdrew her protest before the decision of disqualification was made then she would have the "power" to stop the pocess. However, I agree with you that once disqualification was decided, which means she violated rules resulting in the disqualification, Hasay's say becomes irrelevant.

Avocado's Number wrote:

Reading. Try it.

It's not clear to me how that "enlarged, digital footage" constitutes "conclusive new evidence" that the referee's decision was "clearly erroneous."

It's also not clear to me how Jordan Hasay has standing to have GG "reinstated" as U.S. champion after she has been disqualified from the race by the appellate jury. I suppose it's possible that the person who files the original protest has the power to get the disqualification set aside and the original results reinstated, but I am curious about that. Does anyone here happen to have a citation to the rule that gives Hasay this authority?[/quote]

Letsbereal... wrote:

The real problem with the process wasn't how the DQ went down, it was how it didn't go down. People are signaling out Nike, but Nike was the obvious victim not the other way around. They needed 3 appeals to get accomplished what should have been an automatic decision from the get-go, a DQ. That is the problem. It shouldn't take that much to come to the right decision.

Apparently you didn't get the memo. Beaverton says you can stop now, we're all set.

We reiterate that the Company will use the Employee, Jordan Hasay, in any way we see fit to accomplish Company objectives.

As long the Westminster Dog Classic is operated more professionally as USTAF nationals, the Company will insist on applying whatever influence the Company deems appropriate with the USTAF. This includes instant disqualification upon request, a pre-meet buffet for Company Employees, and kowtowing to any relevant Company demands.

For further media contact with Company Employee Hasay, we ask that you submit questions three weeks in advance to our legal counsel Smook, Schmuck, and Snook. Company cannot guarantee all questions will be answered.

thanks for your hard work rojo!

translated this for you: How pathetic is Dumbalough. nobody ever threatened Hasay from GG's camp, husband included. He is a much bigger man than you will ever be. thanks for you input, take care, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Dumbalough. wrote:

How pathetic is Gabe's husband. Threatening Hasay. I hope he feels like big man today.

Conundrum wrote:

Hypothetically enlarged digital footage could show contact that couldn't be seen before and could be "new additional evidence". I would like to see the footage released.

Yes, it could show contact that could not be seen clearly in the original video recording. Conceivably, that enlarged footage could constitute "new evidence" warranting reconsideration under USATF rules (although that argument would never fly in an appellate court). But it seems highly unlikely that this "new evidence" would conclusively show that the referee's original decision not to disqualify GG was "clearly erroneous."

I've never taken a position on whether GG should have been disqualified. As I was watching the race, I thought that she probably did foul Hasay, and wondered if Salazar might squawk about it, even though GG would clearly have beaten Hasay (and everyone else) easily without any aggressive tactics. I still don't have a strong opinion about whether the referee made the right call, and it's conceivable (although doubtful, in my view) that an initial reversal of the referee's decision by the appellate panel could have been justified under a "clearly erroneous" standard of review. But the panel's reconsideration of its initial decision and subsequent reversal of the referee's decision based on "conclusive new evidence" seems extremely suspect, and the subsequent reinstatement of GG as U.S. champion, based on Hasay's purported "withdrawal" of her protest, seems to pile error on top of error, with no rationale other than face-saving. Although the result of all of this hubbub may be correct, I see little that is particularly honorable, principled, or praiseworthy.

Still would have like to have heard an apology from Hasay/Salazar.

"Gabrielle, we're sorry that our behind the scenes manipulation overthrew the original no-foul ruling and the jury's confirmation of the no-foul ruling. You must have had a very difficult couple of days as we used our influence to cheat you out of your rightful national championship. What we did was wrong. We are sorry."

Instead what we got was the right action: dropping the protest and a very weak statement that refused to admit fault for using illegal influence to steal a national tile from the fastest runner.

What makes no sense at all is that Hasay withdrawing from worlds is completely unrelated to Gabrielle's DQ. A DQ means one does not finish a race. Now that Hasay has withdrawn, Gabrielle finishes?

"enlarged enhanced digital video"???…….What the heck? I thought Gabe trampled,spiked,ran through, bull in a china shop, was dirty, ….LOL…..but we needed 2 days & microscopic evidence to convict? What a sham. What a shame. What a crock.

Don't be a c*nt. Gabe got the entire running community of NA to gang up on Jordan over social media. Jordan deserves an apology for that as much as anything.

Skooled wrote:

What makes no sense at all is that Hasay withdrawing from worlds is completely unrelated to Gabrielle's DQ. A DQ means one does not finish a race. Now that Hasay has withdrawn, Gabrielle finishes?

The press release was worded weird because the situation was weird. Hasay withdrew the appeal. Nevermind that she's not the one who filed it, and you can't just withdraw and appeal that has been ruled on 48 hours after the fact...

I guess two wrongs do make a right. Sort of.

Zapruder wrote:

So, the USATF is saying the enlarged, digital imaging constitutes "new evidence"

that was strong enough to overturn the committee's ruling. Wonder who provided that image?

There were stop action photos posted on a LR thread that clearly showed GG clipping Jordan's foot, and throwing her way off stride. Perhaps those were the photos they saw.

hydro033 wrote:

Don't be a c*nt. Gabe got the entire running community of NA to gang up on Jordan over social media. Jordan deserves an apology for that as much as anything.

The only apology Jordan deserves is from Alberto for putting her through this and not letting it go after he/Nike were denied twice.

" . . .who volunteer their time to serve the sport . . ."

these are the same officials who work the youth meets, master meets, etc.

they are not really volunteers. they are paid.

they accept airfare and per diem and hotel rooms, and get paid for the day...

i have put on many meets, and served as the announcer for scores of others - officials are too concerned about getting their box lunches - perhaps that's where they were when gg impeded hasay.

usatf needs to step up the professionalism of the officiating.

Yes.

I don't think anyone "ganged up" on Jordan. I didn't see any comments from runners other than a general, if not universal sentiment that the DQ was f'ed up and corrupt.

Pretty much everyone knows that Jordan didn't have much say in Alberto's temper tantrum and behind the scenes machinations. I don't blame her, and as I said, I tip my cap for her doing the right thing.

But in the end, popular opinion kept her coach from rigging a race so she could go to the WC. NO ONE should apologize for standing up to that kind of BS.