EXACTLY. If the New York and Boston Marathons reversed their trend and
budgeted for the Americans what they've allocated for the Kenyans, and vise
versa, would the Kenyan genes "fade" and American "genes" reappear. YUP.
YU-BETCHA.
Don't see any Kenyan corporations supporting American runners do you? In
fact, I don't believe Kenyan corporations are supporting Kenyan runners
either.
malmo
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> Subject: t-and-f: Follow the money was- Flat earth Creationism
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>
> > What if, Jon, 20 years from now Africans lose their depth and say the
> > Japanese begin to dominate...then what? Will your findings still hold
> true?
> > What would the scientists of the early 20th century say about
> the Finnish
> > runners now? They dominated so well, but then fell off the earth.
> >
> Well, in MY book. Boston Marathon history. I tell about the reactions to
> American Indian runners, Canadian runners, Korean runners,
> Finnish runners,
> Japanese, and even Americans. Always there was the opinions that
> "they" had
> special advantages. The "if only" lament is very human. It is
> interesting to
> see how things shift over 100 years. But no group had the
> domination of the
> Kenyans at Boston. But no group had the big bucks of John Hancock pulling
> them out of their home countries.
>
> So let's get away from the cultural, the genetic, and maybe discuss the
> economic angle here particularly that of sponsors and agents. Stuff that
> wasn't around in the olden days. The last chapter of the second edition is
> titled Secrets and Agents. Soon I have to write a third edition.
>
> What do guys think of that? $$$$$$$ but how exactly is the money driving
> the sport? How do you make money, sell products and services. Follow the
> money? Where does it come from and where does it go?
>
> Tom Derderian
>
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