Robertson twins denied entry to NY 'thon

The same people who think the Robertson's are the best, probably also believe there has never been a rapper better than Eminem.

AtTheHundredthMeridian wrote:

The same people who think the Japanese are the best, probably also believe there has never been a rapper better than gravy.

Fixed it.

Dont catch a cold wrote:

If the Robertsons were dark skinned or migrants, the leftist, sjw, globalist, multi culturalist, society plunderers, nation ruiners would already have one of these ploys in motion:

Free Robertson!

#metooRobertson

Robertson Lives Matter!

Robertson Strong

We are all Robertsons

But they are white so what you really mean is:

No Robertson Collusion!

Lock NYRR Up!

Kenyans are taking jobs of Robertsons!

New York Marathon is rigged!

Robertsons are the smartest, fastest, bestest, cofve-est in history!

Most unfairly treated in history!

Dave Monti is low energy and Sam Grotewald will not replace us!

crap abounds wrote:

Stupid. This is why NY is losing viewership. I have no intention of watching NYC, and there is nothing that will really draw me to it. If one of the Robertson's ran it then maybe I would.

If one of the Robertson’s what ran it?

That sounds good.

What exactly does no entry mean? Does it truly mean NO ENTRY? Or does NYC marathon mean not at our expense. I don't think NYC extended an invitation to them. That's ok.

Did they ask for an entry and were refused? I think if they arrived on their own perhaps they would receive a number and perhaps a comped room.

I do think running under an hour or close to an hour for the half marathon is a pretty good indicator of how fast a marathon they would run. However, knowing that the marathon holds its own charm, it's not a complete measure.

I'm sure their names came up before the board and was voted on. Perhaps the quota for non American men runners was met. You never know what they looking for in terms of the race each year.

Perhaps if they called and explained why they would enjoy running NYC marathon it would help their cause.

A couple updates:

I reached out to the NYRR for an explanation. This is what Chris Weiller, senior VP of media, public relations, & professional athletes at NYRR, said:

As you know, we work very hard recruiting the professional athlete fields for all of our races, from the TCS New York City Marathon to the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile. The process includes many variables. Many more athletes than we can accommodate reach out to us, either through their representatives or on their own, to be part of the pro field in one race or another. The marathon is our largest pro field, and also where we get the most inquiries.

Jake’s representative, Gianni Demadonna, who we have worked together with to recruit athletes for many years, including Mary Keitany, presented Jake for consideration in this year’s marathon field. Like with so many other athletes, Jake was seeking compensation and other benefits from us to be part of the field. We have a limited number of spots we can fill, and a limited budget to do that with. It’s a puzzle we piece together with great care. We can’t take everyone (and we also don’t get everyone we want). We let Gianni know that we couldn’t take Jake this year and gave him more than enough time to find another fall marathon for Jake to compete in, including two other Abbott World Marathon Major races, and a number of other top marathons in Europe and elsewhere. Feel free to reach out to Gianni if you’d like.

As for Zane, who has run with us previously, we were never contacted by him or a representative about running the marathon this year, so I can’t speak to why he would post something on social media to the contrary.

Then today, Zane made a public apology to NYRR on Instagram. He claimed his comment was taken "way out of context." I don't really see how that's true though -- HE was the one who made the comment on Instagram.

https://twitter.com/runninelvis/status/1033995738001227776

Ohhh, I see that explains it.

Well then...if they would still enjoy running the NYC marathon over another Fall marathon, then yes, I would participate in a Letsrun crowd funding. However only for NYC marathon.

So nyrrs claims that they didn't have money for Jake but they had money and budgeted for:

Chris Thompson, GBR 2:11:19

Fikadu Girma Teferi, ETH 2:09:34

Alphonce Simbu, TAN 2:09:10

Harbert Okuti, UGA 2:17:30

Jonny Mellor, GBR 2:12:57

Birhanu Dare Kemal, ETH 2:12:21

Senbeto Geneti Guteta, ETH 2:11:12

Andrew Davies, GBR 2:15:11

Mizael Carrera, PUR 2:21:50

Florent Caelen, BEL 2:12:51

Juan Luis Barrios, MEX 2:10:55

Doesn't make any sense. Why would they pay for these uninteresting slowpokes when they could have made the NYC marathon way more interesting by inviting Jake? It would have been a great battle between him, Kamworor, Wanjiru, and Tola for the win. This is just sad.

Jake was seeking compensation and other benefits from us to be part of the field.

Jake Robertson asked for an appearance fee, travel, and hotel accommodations. The NYRR said they couldn't do it. Zane Robertson, who apparently never inquired into an entry, according to NYRR, commented on Instagram to complain about it. (His agent had better be screaming at him right now about professionalism and not acting like a moron ... because Zane apparently needs to learn how to do both).

With respect to the above list - Thompson to Barrios - you have no idea what benefits NYRR is extending to each. For all we know, each was merely given a complimentary entry. Or, perhaps, the travel fees were minimal, or hotel. If I had a gut feeling in this - it would be that Jake wanted $$$ just to toe the line and NYRR said no. These ones above, to the extent they're receiving any money, it's peanuts. Maybe a couple grand, if that - I'd bet the combined total for these runners is less than what Jake was asking for.

*** excuse me .... "moran"

my typo

Donating zero dollars to this cause. But I feel like I should be paying someone for the entertainment this will provide. I like a good joke.

No way we could crowd fund enough for travel, lodging and appearance fee... maybe no appearance fee would be necessary?

With that said, I would contribute $10.

NYRR should be ashamed of itself for not making sure they add one of the most exciting long distance runners in the world when they had the chance. If J. Roberston ends up running a 2:05 in Toronto breaking the course record, NY will lose a lot of respectability.

Bahahaha that’s cute.

LetsnotrunNYC wrote:

NYRR should be ashamed of itself for not making sure they add one of the most exciting long distance runners in the world when they had the chance. If J. Roberston ends up running a 2:05 in Toronto breaking the course record, NY will lose a lot of respectability.

J. Robertson could smash records in Toronto and guess what - only a handful of people will really care, the majority of people turning out for NYRR as runners and spectators will not even know about it, and the NY Marathon will continue chugging along as a major moneymaker.

Also, you will continue to be a moran

wow ... just wow wrote:

LetsnotrunNYC wrote:

NYRR should be ashamed of itself for not making sure they add one of the most exciting long distance runners in the world when they had the chance. If J. Roberston ends up running a 2:05 in Toronto breaking the course record, NY will lose a lot of respectability.

J. Robertson could smash records in Toronto and guess what - only a handful of people will really care, the majority of people turning out for NYRR as runners and spectators will not even know about it, and the NY Marathon will continue chugging along as a major moneymaker.

Also, you will continue to be a moran

Exactly.

Solto wrote:

wow ... just wow wrote:

J. Robertson could smash records in Toronto and guess what - only a handful of people will really care, the majority of people turning out for NYRR as runners and spectators will not even know about it, and the NY Marathon will continue chugging along as a major moneymaker.

Also, you will continue to be a moran

Exactly.

This is right. Nobody will care about a 2:05 in Toronto. Toronto's had faster winning times than NYC in years past but NYC is the biggest North American fall marathon. I think NYRR should have done better to try to bring both of them in. I hear the argument about funding and what not but they are bringing in a lot of Americans and Europeans in that are over 2:10, even 2:12. I'm convinced they're just budgeting less and less for the elites. They bring in a handful of top talent or stories (Lagat) and then have a bunch of 2:12 guys that have the chance to break through but aren't getting anything more than a free entry and a night or two of lodging. If they were serious about bringing in the best runners in the world, their elite fields would look very different. Here's to NYC and Chicago becoming simply domestic races!