This forum stopped being fun, because of the haters.

You mad, bro?

tl:dr

Just go away if you don't like it here. Nobody will miss you.

Good post. I appreciate your view.

eotbs wrote:

I also call upon the site moderators to start removing these baselessly accusational posts and threads.

It won't happen, brojos love the controversy. It apparently brings traffic, when people keep bickering about something. More page refreshes, more ads, more money.

I don't like it either though, but I accept this forum as the cesspool is it. I don't take anything I read here seriously. I know that a large amount of people here are trolls, and only posts to get responses, to get attention. I do it too, but not in an inflammatory way.

eotbs wrote:

Almost every athlete is accused of doping, and done so by so very many posters.

It's just a few losers posting over and over.

I thought it was because of the fanboys?

I agree with the OP. To grow the sport we have to be positive and supportive. Here are 10 rules we should always follow.

1) don't question the ethics of any fast runner

2) don't question the ethics of IAAF or of any other governing organization

3) in particular don't question the ethics of Sebastian Coe

4) don't question the ethics of any coach

5) in particular don't question the ethics of Alberto Salazar

6) don't question the ethics of any American runner, only America-haters do that

7) don't question the ethics of any non-American runner, only racists do that

8) don't question the ethics of any company

9) in particular don't question the ethics of Nike

10) don't question anyone associated with running, they're all GOOD people

The haters are fun

Why do we need to "grow the sport"?

A ? 4 U wrote:

Why do we need to "grow the sport"?

You seriously need to ask this? If your sport isn't growing, it's dying. And probably a slow painful death. There are so, so many more athletic events for people to take part in on a global scale now. Without interest, promotion, and an entertaining product full of quality athletes, your sport will fade to oblivion. That goes for any sport. Get the best talent, entertain the crowds, keep it interesting. PED will always be around sport, just limit it's impact the best you can and stop obsessing over it. PED didn't ruin cycling it's been around the sport forever, the handling of it did.

Old Wrestler wrote:

A ? 4 U wrote:

Why do we need to "grow the sport"?

You seriously need to ask this? If your sport isn't growing, it's dying. And probably a slow painful death. There are so, so many more athletic events for people to take part in on a global scale now. Without interest, promotion, and an entertaining product full of quality athletes, your sport will fade to oblivion. That goes for any sport. Get the best talent, entertain the crowds, keep it interesting. PED will always be around sport, just limit it's impact the best you can and stop obsessing over it. PED didn't ruin cycling it's been around the sport forever, the handling of it did.

Running isn't about entertainment. Track and field, in general, is not about entertainment. It's about training very hard, to do better, an activity that you already do very well

I agree with the OP. If the brojos weren't such massive trolls themselves, they would be wise to start doing some more active moderating on the boards. If there was another place for discussion of pro running, I'd go elsewhere.

If it isn't about entertainment, why run it in front of thousands of people in large stadiums? Why televise running events of all distances track, or road? Who the hell pays the athletes? It's the people being entertained. If it were only about the sport, this site wouldn't exist. Nothing to talk about, it is just about the training and working hard. Pure sport at championship levels is almost non-existant now. For love of the game has been replaced by fame and fortune.

Now accepting donations for a box of kleenex that the OP can use.

stating it like it is wrote:

There are tons of threads where you can discuss pro running with no or at least very few troll posts. .

Could you please tell us what site that is on? Thanks in advance.

I couldn't agree more. I try to shy away from reading the negative posts but it never fails, some idiot/ troll will end up ruining a decent thread. Tired of reading about how anyone who wins is suspected of doping. You gripe if they lose and gripe if they win. Until someone is proven to be guilty, be proud and stop the hate.

Basically half of Letsrun only accepts you as a true, clean champion if the following is true:

White.

American.

Blue collar background.

Likeable and good with the media.

Showed great talent in high school.

Came through an American college programme they feel they trust.

Years of documented, detailed training logs showing 100mpw+ and hard sessions.

Won the race in a time the Letsrunner thinks they could do with a bit more training.

blah blah blah blah wrote:

Just go away if you don't like it here. Nobody will miss you.

Right. This forum is totally about drugs now, nothing else.

If you don't like it, go away.

People get real tough when hiding behind a computer screen, even if they don't post 'anonymously', they're still hiding behind their virtual wall. They like to incite hate speech with regards to others to compensate for their misery in life.