This was the title in the Globe and Mail in Toronto today.
" It was a grim day in the track world…"
[b]It will always be tough to avoid negative comments regarding political rhetoric currently going on in Track and Field in the world.
It’s especially tough to comment when we see behaviors endemic to athletes without any support for those athletes that other professional organizations seem to have.
Track and field is a sport that has fed talent into so many other sports where unions educate and organize athletes so they have choices for a range of successes.
It’s a tough environment out their to compete for only one spot in say the men’s 100 meter title of " Best sprinter in the world".
The prize for one spot seems to matter most and all other victories fall by the way side.
I wonder why we do not start more discussion about how to create change in this sport and talk more about the power given to the agencies that exclude the athlete’s as part of the solution?[/b]