I am glad to see it is just a trial basis. However, I suspect this is the
first step to something more. For one, the "experiment" is taking place in
the U.S. Secondly, I can't help but express how short-sighted the
decision-making appears to me: Fans who make the effort to travel to a meet,
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This is progress? Imagine for a moment that baseball rules are changed:
Batters come to the plate with one strike against them (two strikes and
they're out). They're "choking-up" on the bat, sacrificing the big hit, and,
as D points out, the record-breaking, crowd-roaring,
Elliot's post reminded me of a question I posted on another board (and
received no response): What percentage of the Olympic track and field
athletes in Sydney are recognized (by the testing mechanism) as having
"asthma"? Would anyone care to offer any insight/education for me? Thanks.
Fro
What if the reaction time rule was changed to 0.00?
Is that not fair? Any sprinter leaving the blocks after the gun has been
fired SHOULD be legal. Regardless of what criteria one uses for reaction
time, it is arbitrary and actually creates cheating. For example: If a
sprinter's best rea
...that after jogging portions of the Country Music Marathon course in
Nashville and observing the mile markers, Al Gore's camp is demanding a
remeasurement of the course.
Hicham El Guerrouj and Jim Ryun.
Both men tripped and fell in an Olympics they might have won.
Both men defeated by a Kenyan (and possibly poor tactics on their own part)
in an Olympic final.
Both men had similar physiques and appearances. Both religious.
Both men breakers of multiple world reco
Weren't the ancient Olympics shut down by the Emperor because of cheating and
corruption?
The email about Mo walking out was all wrong. In fact they have not had
official relay practice for those who are competing in an individual race.
The reason why he left (as well as JD) is because their practice was already
over. They just happened to have relay practice at the same track that
For the week of July 10-16
Top 10 Network Sports Telecasts
Rank Network ProgramDate Rating Share Households Watching
1 NBC All-Star Game 7/11 10.118 10,167,000
2 NBC Pre All-Star 7/11 7.314 7,405,000
3 NBC T&F Trials 7
