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Shame on You, Nike!
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10/22/2008
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/20/BAUC13L3GQ.DTL
This past weekend Nike held its annual women's marathon and half marathon. What should serve as an event that encourages all women to do their best instead penalizes the skilled but inexperienced runner. The woman who, though starting 20 minutes behind the elite pack, breezed past the favorites and recorded the fastest time to achieve what should have been a celebrated victory, was instead snubbed because she wasn't one of the "elite." Nike would not declare her the winner.
Shame on you Nike! What message are you sending to women, to a;; athletes, who train and strive to do their best?! That you have to be deemed among the best before the race even begins, that only those you consider the best of the best should be eligible? Why if the race was all but predetermined, should anyone else even be allowed to enter?! In my opinion, the race was all but "fixed" and unless the rules change, I personally will boycott future Nike sanctioned athletic events.
If any of you out there feel as strongly about this as I do, please send Nike a message.
1-800-344-6453
Nike USA, Inc.
Consumer Services
P.O. Box 4027
Beaverton, OR 97076-4027
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nike, race, fixed
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