sdklfjkljasdf wrote:
So did nike outbid adidas for Gary or did adidas not re-up Gay? Wonder if Gay accepted a pay cut to go with nike. It'd be interesting if nike signed an aging, druggy sprinter for solid money, but let go an aging, well-liked, good-imaged distance runner over money.
Nike will pay Gay more this summer than they offered Meb annually, guaranteed. Zero ethics.
Adidas keeps it clean so Gay had to go.
Oh, and Nike cut Jo Pavey, preferring to pay Justin Gatlin.
Disgusting company.
Adidas cleans house wrote:
Oh, and Nike cut Jo Pavey, preferring to pay Justin Gatlin.
Disgusting company.
Justin Gatlin is more marketable than Jo Pavey. Nike only wants Gatlin wearing the brand in the majors. It's not important for Nike "hom much doped is Justin Gatlin/Lance/Marion/Mo/Galen"
So, yes, Nike hasn't moral values.
wejo wrote:
Smith has a much more negative view abroad than he does here. The Brits were up in arms when they learned Mo Farah was meeting with him.
Looks like Larry Wade and Torri Edwards tested positive and were coached by Smith.
However, I think more people are concerned about Mo Greene's admitting to paying Angel Heredia $10,000, a known steroid supplier, and the close association between Greene and Smith.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/greene-coach-tracked-victor-conte-article-1.283208This claims Smith and Victor Conte had a business relationship as did Ato Boldon.
http://www.cstv.com/sports/c-track/stories/052404aai.htmlThat NYDaily News article is a good read.
Looking at a list of some of the world's most accomplished sprint coaches, about 2/3rds of them have had an athlete test positive. It is coaches like Trevor Graham, Jon Drummon and Charlie Franics who gave drugs to athletes that you are perhaps thinking of. All of the coaches listed below have had an athlete test positive. If we got rid of every coach that had an athlete test positive, just about all of our best coach would be gone. Also BALCO was a million dollar business, popular with athletes for their legit/clean products as well as the dirty ones. BALCO is now synonymous with doping, but they also sold many high quality clean supplements.
Lance Brauman
Clyde Hart
Tom Tellez
Curtis Frye
Glen Mills
Bobbie Kersee
Vince Anderson
Dennis Shaver
Loren Seagrave
Brooks Johnson
Dennis Mitchell
Dan Pfaff
Steven Francis
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?