2 people duplicated my Boston bib - help me find them?

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8 years ago 04/22/2016 7:16pm EDT

re: Just ask Jack

Just ask Jack wrote:
The times they are a changin' wrote:
Seems like the times they are a changin'.
Seems that way:
"The Boston Athletic Association says it works hard to maintain the integrity of the race, but says bandits can be difficult to control and catch.
â€œWe do take it seriously and weâ€™re going back now to take a look at photos and begin the adjudication process,â€ said BAA director Jack Fleming."

So what exactly is BAA adjudication process for a bandit? Bib 8891 certainly was not banned from 2016 for running with someone else's bib in 2015. So if you run with someone else's bib with permission that is okay. Forging a bib is the no-no? What's the punishment ? Take a lap?

8 years ago 04/22/2016 7:21pm EDT

re: Just ask Les

Just ask Les wrote:
Seems that way:
"Heightened Vigilance
While no specific Massachusetts law addresses race registration fraud, attorneys say the BAA would have grounds to pursue legal action against those who misrepresent their qualifying times or identities.
â€œItâ€™s like letting someone take the law school exam for you, then using that score to go to Harvard,â€ said Les Smith, a lawyer and an event director for the Portland Marathon. He believes the BAA would likely win a civil case if the organization ever chose to act.
â€œThe person using another personâ€™s bib is guilty of false impersonation and fraud with intent,â€ Smith said, adding that the person giving away a bib is also responsible. â€œIf Boston took on such a cheater, it would send ripples through the industry and clean up this pervasive practice.â€ "

Les is a talker. What proof is there if damages? No damages. Case thrown out right out of the gate. Civil case anyway. Even with damages it would be what $1000 for some water and a medal? BAA won't be filing anytime soon. Les is just a talker.

8 years ago 04/22/2016 7:22pm EDT

re: Go capitals

Just ask Jack

info@baa.org

8 years ago 04/22/2016 7:24pm EDT

re: Go capitals

I hate talkers. Now I'll eat 2 chickens

8 years ago 04/22/2016 7:37pm EDT

re: Go capitals

These two still got in and recorded times, 4:33 for him, 5:48 for her.

http://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2016/04/couple-cuts-courses-and-forges-bib-to.html#comment-form

8 years ago 04/22/2016 7:45pm EDT

re: 4:33 for him, 5:48 for her.

I hate cheaters and talkers. Now I'll eat 3 chickens.

8 years ago 04/22/2016 7:59pm EDT

re: shomps13

Why does it matter that they are men? Seems like the OP is gender biased. How did they finish after a woman?

8 years ago 04/22/2016 8:05pm EDT

re: Gloria/George Steinem

Gloria/George Steinem wrote:
Why does it matter that they are men? Seems like the OP is gender biased. How did they finish after a woman?

I hate feminist and misogynist talkers. Now I will eat ALL the chickens and a beer.

8 years ago 04/22/2016 8:24pm EDT

re: The Hound

Bib 28883 is another ripoff. Green shirt-legit. Grey shirt-thief.

8 years ago 04/22/2016 8:35pm EDT

re: Bib 28883

F'n faceless men. Getting to be you can't trust anyone. r+l used to = Boston. Now who knows

8 years ago 04/22/2016 11:55pm EDT

re: Bib 28883

Bib 28883 wrote:
Bib 28883 is another ripoff. Green shirt-legit. Grey shirt-thief.

Looks like the fella in the yellow shirt and arm warmer thingys (lol) running with the grey shirt-thief is a bandit too.

https://www.marathonfoto.com/Catalog/List/252177655?PIN=G7X283&LastName=ASSELIN

8 years ago 04/23/2016 1:08am EDT

re: The Hound

Dear runner #15375, sorry that I photoshopped your bib and jogged down the neighborhood streets. Please don't come back here again. Our chowder sucks almost as much as our football team. Yours truly,

Tom Brady

8 years ago 04/23/2016 3:28am EDT

re: so did everyone

so did everyone wrote:
shomps13 wrote:
These guys crossed the finish line, took a medal they did not earn
I don't condone their actions, but I should mention that everyone who didn't place in the top three took medals they didn't earn.

Very good.

8 years ago 04/23/2016 7:54am EDT

re: The times they are a changin'

The times they are a changin' wrote:
bandito wrote:
Boston has a long tradition of bandits. If it was such an issue, you'd think that the 3rd largest and oldest marathon in the US would be concerned about it. They are not now and have not been in the past.
Seems like the times they are a changin'.

Not really. They were out in full force this year. Perhaps not as many as before the bombing, but many more than the last couple years.

8 years ago 04/23/2016 8:07am EDT

re: Beacon Bill

Beacon Bill wrote:
The times they are a changin' wrote:
Seems like the times they are a changin'.
Not really. They were out in full force this year. Perhaps not as many as before the bombing, but many more than the last couple years.

Why not? If the BAA is happy to let Mike Rossi keep his finishers medal, pretty much anybody who gets across that line using whatever method they can has equally "earned" one. Rossi your way to the finish is apparently acceptable.

8 years ago 04/23/2016 8:12am EDT

re: Rossi it up

Rossi it up wrote:
Beacon Bill wrote:
Not really. They were out in full force this year. Perhaps not as many as before the bombing, but many more than the last couple years.
Why not? If the BAA is happy to let Mike Rossi keep his finishers medal, pretty much anybody who gets across that line using whatever method they can has equally "earned" one. Rossi your way to the finish is apparently acceptable.

Correction: Rossi finished the Boston Marathon legitimately. It is his qualification that is in question.

8 years ago 04/23/2016 8:12am EDT

re: Rossi it up

Rossi it up wrote:
Beacon Bill wrote:
Not really. They were out in full force this year. Perhaps not as many as before the bombing, but many more than the last couple years.
Why not? If the BAA is happy to let Mike Rossi keep his finishers medal, pretty much anybody who gets across that line using whatever method they can has equally "earned" one. Rossi your way to the finish is apparently acceptable.

BAA has been consistent. If the qualifying race doesn't issue a DQ, they won't. They would need to change that policy completely- no reason to make an exception for Rossi - no matter how much everyone despises him.

8 years ago 04/23/2016 8:15am EDT

re: How low?

How low? wrote:
How low can you lot go? Leave my Nana out of this.
https://www.marathonfoto.com/Catalog/List/252493667?PIN=G7F474&LastName=DIGBY

What kind of sick a$$hole wears shorts made from a US flag? Doesn't he have any understanding of flag etiquette?

8 years ago 04/23/2016 8:16am EDT

re: bandito

bandito wrote:
Boston has a long tradition of bandits. If it was such an issue, you'd think that the 3rd largest and oldest marathon in the US would be concerned about it. They are not now and have not been in the past.

True. Our US Secretary of State is a proud Boston Marathon bandit.

8 years ago 04/23/2016 9:19am EDT

re: shomps13

Thanks for posting your bib on Facebook you stupid b$tch. Can't wait to do it again next year.

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