GregTR wrote:
Mike stinks wrote:Greg, you are doing great work here. Do you plan to show your latest photo analysis to McKeever and co? It's possible that Rossi duped her into thinking that those were indeed pictures of him in the middle of the race. If it were done in person, with others present, she would feel strong pressure to reverse her idiotic decision.
Thanks, and keep up the good work. Mike Rossi is a cheating slimebag, and Barb McKeever, Bart Yasso, and Lisa Walkiewicz are stupid morons.
Way ahead of you. I already sent it to her and I can attest to the fact that she at the very least read it on an iPhone. Whether she will act on it or if I would get a response is out of my hands at this point...
I'm going to explain to you the problems with Barb and the committee
reversing their decision . First I will address the photo debate using the GregTR submitted analysis. The photo sequence that GregTR brought out and the photos he showed are his belief they are not Rossi , when indeed they are . It is very easy to see in that photo sequence that the runner that is "split in half"on the back left of the frame is Rossi . You take Rossi's photo at the finish where he is coming up behind the guy in front of him where he is split and you split screen that photo with the previously mentioned "split in half runner" in the other sequence and and put them side by side they are the same runner , the bibs are visible in both shots and they line up exactly , as well as "the gait" . The hat , the arms , the body posture of how Rossi runs all line up perfectly . That photo is Rossi , but none of you are unbiased enough to admit it . And the reason Rossi does not show up in a full frame is because he is running on the right side of the course ( The photographers left ) , if you study the photo sequence watching stationary objects in the back of each photo , particularly the stop sign , you can tell that as Rossi is approaching the photographer , the photographer is turning to his right to center up the other runners , I can see this because the stop sign moves from the right of the frame more towards the center , indicating the photographer is turning right . Rossi actually never gets another chance to be photographed because he runs past the left shoulder of the photographer . Looking at photos of runners does not tell you a position of a cameraman , stationary objects tell you camera position . Thats only one reason tho why the committee can't reverse their decision . They know that's Rossi .
But here is the second issue , that waiver that was posted specifically states no headphones are allowed to be worn , and there are at least 32- 40 runners in headphones . I know you are all going to say what's that got to do with it . I'm going to tell you what it does . Your argument is the waiver states the RD can use their own discretion to DQ a runner for any reason , ok so be it , but they can't retain credibility if they DQ him for not having a photo on the course . Nowhere in the waiver or anyplace else does it say photos are used to verify a runners time . And you can scream to the high heavens about how a photo proves he ran it , but according to the waiver or rules , it does not state that , therefore he did not break a rule ....BUT , and here it comes , it clearly states headphones are not allowed , a clear violation of the rules. They can't DQ Rossi for a rule that doesn't exist , and not DQ those that clearly violated a rule .
Now let me address all of your lawsuit arguments . If I'm Rossi , and I get DQ'd for no photos , and runners with headphones aren't DQ'd then I don't even sue for non photo disqualification , I sue for discriminatory reasons . If I'm Rossi and his lawyer , I don't go into a courtroom claiming I ran the race , I go into a courtroom suing for being discriminated against , because I can show many many runners with headphones , a guy with a dog , not being DQ'd for waiver violations and me being DQ'd for something that isn't a violation on the waiver . And if you can't understand that , then there is no other way I can help you .
Who here can tell me what runner got left out of Boston because of Rossi ? In 600+ pages I still haven't seen or heard from anyone claiming they were robbed . Who ? Who got robbed ? What runner from what Boston Qualifier got robbed ? Nobody has made a claim . If we take into account the runners with headphones , then there can be an argument that 30+ others were robbed too , because for certain by the rules they should be DQ'd , so who are the other 30+ runners that should have been moved up into a Boston corral that nobody here is speaking for . You all come off as upholding the integrity of the sport and say Rossi cheated and held somebody back from getting into Boston , but when it comes to the other 30+ runners in headphones you all turn and look the other way . You are all hypocrites .This is why they can't reverse their decision
And before any of you comment that I made a long post , GregTR and others post just as long , but you don't mind them because they speak against Rossi .