Statement from USATF President and Chairman Stephanie Hightower
3/26/2014
Statement from USATF President and Chairman Stephanie Hightower:
There has been public discussion the last several weeks about a range of topics in our sport, centered around field-of-play decisions made at the USA Indoor Championships. As we have stated, USATF is taking a look at the events of Albuquerque as well as our related systems and processes. Public suggestions to the contrary, the topics related to Albuquerque are not quick fixes. These are topics that involve important elements of our structure that have ramifications far beyond race results at a single meet.
Since Albuquerque, CEO Max Siegel and I have engaged in a discussion of how best to address these issues in a deliberate, thorough and thoughtful manner. As USATF President and Chair with oversight of governance, I have asked USATF Board Member and IAAF Senior Vice President Bob Hersh, one of international track & field’s foremost experts on competition rules and governance, to lead a USATF working group that will look into these matters. We will announce other members of this group in coming weeks. Athletes will be a very important part of this process, as well as others in our organization. We appreciate the passion of all our stakeholders. Because it is far-reaching, this process will take place over weeks and months.
Jill Geer
Chief Public Affairs Officer
USA Track & Field
317-713-4654
e-mail
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USATF Responds to DQ: "Public suggestions to the contrary, the topics related to Albuquerque are not quick fixes."
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The first thing the USATF can do is to thank Jordan Hasay for withdrawing. That girl gave up HUGE bonus money to save USATF's face. Incredible.
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Yikes. That is horrible.
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okloplaa wrote:
The first thing the USATF can do is to thank Jordan Hasay for withdrawing. That girl gave up HUGE bonus money to save USATF's face. Incredible.
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Dude, not even wrote:
okloplaa wrote:
The first thing the USATF can do is to thank Jordan Hasay for withdrawing. That girl gave up HUGE bonus money to save USATF's face. Incredible.
HUGE bonus money? The bonus for 2nd at US Indoors is probably $2000 or $1000.
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She wasn't even 2nd after the dq, she was 3rd, albeit the 2nd finisher with a qualifying time. Also, why does it take a working group to determine that Bumbalough never made contact with any other runners in his race?
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"These are topics that involve important elements of our structure that have ramifications far beyond race results at a single meet."
Um, structural elements like "coaches shouldn't cheat"?
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"Shut up," she explained.
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"Athletes will be a very important part of this process".....but we have no reason to keep the recognized athletes union informed. as a matter of fact, we're stonewalling them as best we can. nothing to see here folks, move along now.
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They're going through the rule book with a magnifying glass, but they can't seem to find the clause that says, "These rules do not apply to Nike sponsored coaches and Nike sponsored athletes."
Obviously, no claimed "additional evidence" has been provided, so upon what bases did the "final" decision of the appeals committee become reversed?
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okloplaa wrote:
The first thing the USATF can do is to thank Jordan Hasay for withdrawing. That girl gave up HUGE bonus money to save USATF's face. Incredible.
The second thing USATF can do is thank NIKE for telling Jordan to withdrawal after they realized they made a huge mistake and didn't want to lose money over the fiasco. Nike was also kind enough to pay Jordan bonus money that she didn't even earn, to keep it hush. USATF didn't "save face" they are frowned upon now as much as ever.
Just making a bunch of assumptions like you are. -
It is sad that it took over a month for Jill Greer to announce this working group. What do the USATF employees do all day long? They just don\'t get it. The longer they\'re quiet and opaque about their activities the louder the athletes and the fans will get about their complaints - perceived or real. Get out ahead of these things... address them properly... and move on.
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Not a coach wrote:
Statement from USATF President and Chairman Stephanie Hightower
3/26/2014
Statement from USATF President and Chairman Stephanie Hightower:
There has been public discussion the last several weeks about a range of topics in our sport, centered around field-of-play decisions made at the USA Indoor Championships. As we have stated, USATF is taking a look at the events of Albuquerque as well as our related systems and processes. Public suggestions to the contrary, the topics related to Albuquerque are not quick fixes. These are topics that involve important elements of our structure that have ramifications far beyond race results at a single meet.
Since Albuquerque, CEO Max Siegel and I have engaged in a discussion of how best to address these issues in a deliberate, thorough and thoughtful manner. As USATF President and Chair with oversight of governance, I have asked USATF Board Member and IAAF Senior Vice President Bob Hersh, one of international track & field’s foremost experts on competition rules and governance, to lead a USATF working group that will look into these matters. We will announce other members of this group in coming weeks. Athletes will be a very important part of this process, as well as others in our organization. We appreciate the passion of all our stakeholders. Because it is far-reaching, this process will take place over weeks and months.
Jill Geer
Chief Public Affairs Officer
USA Track & Field
317-713-4654
e-mail
Sorry, I'm not buying. If this "process" takes weeks or months then ALL of them need to resign now...not weeks or months. It didn't take weeks or months for Nike to corrupt the appeals process.
There is nothing deliberate or thoughtful about evading a few simple questions:
1. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?
2. WHO THE HELL WAS RESPONSIBLE?
3. WHAT WAS DONE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE?
4. HOW THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO INSURE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN?
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This response seems very passive. It's as though executives at USATF pass around a hookah all day. Let's form a committee. Stephanie, your turn to light the bowl.
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Ring Lardner wrote:
"Shut up," she explained.
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This "statement" released yesterday doesn't even begin to justify why for weeks, they communicated absolutely nothing to anybody.
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The original subject I used for this thread reflected the frustrations expressed above. Thanks brojos for changing it.
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Sally Vixxxens wrote:
I disagree. The hoopla has clearly diminished over time and will continue to dissipate in the coming weeks and months. They know exactly what they are doing.
^^^^^ This!
It wouldn't take weeks or months for Jill Geer to arrange another USATF gig for her crappy prancing-and-preening wanna-be rock-star husband of hers.
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I can understand that it could be a long process for reviewing current rules and making changes to prevent this type of debacle in the future.
What I don't understand is why the have refused to provide an answer about Bumbi's DQ. That should be simple and straightforward. Was it a case of mistaken identity? If so, own it, state it, correct it and move forward with rule changes.
It seems they are doing everything they can to cover up mistakes made. You would think that people in their position would realize that a cover up is way worse than the actual mistake.
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"topics related to Albuquerque are not quick fixes."
Simply release the enhanced video evidence that made Grunewald DQ within hours of the race. The DQ was pretty quick.
