In a message dated Fri, 23 Mar 2001 3:35:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, lehane
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<< How would these athletes rate the two methods?
If a preponderance of sprinter/hurdlers have disdain for the no false start rule, then
we should know that and should respect that. >>
I'm all for athletes' rights (and T&FN has long been in the forefront of championing
them), but I'm not sure I buy Bruce's statement. I'd say that results through the
years have indicated that perhaps a preponderance of shot putters have disdain for the
no-steroids rule. I bet every high jumper and pole vaulter would love 4 attempts--nah,
make that 5-- at every height. And that every javelin thrower would love 8-10 attempts.
I think too often you'd find that athletes have too tight a view of their specific
event, with not much of a perception of the larger picture. The IAAF (and other
alphabet-soup bodies) may not get it right, but I think having a group of experts
("experts"?) whose job it is to study such things is the lesser of two evils.
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