agip wrote:
bravo letsrun and the brojos for taking the time and the risk to write and publish your piece on rossi
Did they take time? Yes. It's also obvious they had someone edit the article before posting it.
Did they take any risk? No, none at all. There is zero risk calling out an obvious cheater for cheating.
Like others, I'd like to know who the attorney is who wrote the email to Let's Run and probably to LVM. My guess is he is either Rossi's relative (maybe by marriage) or does work for Rossi's employer or for Rossi's wife's employer. Then again, it could just be some Philadelphia lawyer who was more than happy to send an email or two for a small fee. It will be much harder for Rossi to find an attorney to file a defamation suit. Any decent attorney would want to see Rossi's "evidence" first and would require a significant retainer before filing anything. But, Rossi has no evidence, and I doubt he would throw away money on a retainer to file a case he couldn't win.
The bottom line is that Rossi cheated and LVM thus far has allowed him to get away with it because they don't care about the integrity of their race or of the Boston Marathon. Ever since LVM issued its bullcrap statement, Rossi and/or the trolls on this thread have been fond of posting: Mike wins! But, the reality is that Rossi is a loser, an epic loser, perhaps one of the biggest losers of all time in the running world. Truth be told, the LVM, Barb McKeever and Bart Yasso don't come out of this looking very good either. Apparently, Yasso wants LVM to just focus on raising money. Well, Bart, had LVM focused on doing the right thing and DQ'd an obvious cheater, I submit it would raise even more money in the future for its charity, especially if Rossi had tried to challenge the DQ. Bart, you, Barb and the other folks at LVM blew it on this one, at least thus far. But, it's not too late. Reconsider the decision, DQ Rossi, and watch what will happen. You'll be amazed at the Good Will the race would enjoy among those people who care about running.