K55 wrote:
Meb is naturalized American but as Muslim it shows how heroic muslims can be - not all are terrorists (just 99% or so)
First of all, Meb is Christian. Go away troll.
Tadpole wrote:
Let's rationalize this stupidity. Let's say I'm Kenyan living in a very poor country with a very poor family. I have to opportunity to win $100,000.00 for me and my family but I'll let an American win instead. And I would do this WHY exactly??????
Second, some patriotic businessman with deep pockets, or even the US government, could approach all the elite runners and offer them guaranteed cash equal to or greater than the top prize is they agreed to let Meb win. To add to the conspiracy, the financier made a deal with the BAA that if any of these guys tried to win the race, they would be banned from Boston forever. Or even worse, they finagled a deal with World Marathon Majors so these guys would never run another major marathon if they broke from the plan.
Considering that our sport is small potatoes, it would not take that much cash to pay off the important parties.
They give the plan: let Meb pull away with non-factor Boit at some point in race, do not chase, and let him build a big lead. For drama, if any of you have something left in the tank, give chase to Meb towards the end, make it close, but do not overtake him. Or else...
Very easy to fix.