NYRR Won't Pay Non-Binary Prize Money Unless You Run 6+ NYRR Races in a Year!

Respectfully, this guy posted on insta that he just won the biggest marathon in the world? Is he insane????

Idc if he wants to identify as non-binary, he ran a 2:48 which a ton of other men and also lots of women ran. Why would you start rewarding mediocrity?

Because everyone already get "finisher" medals for being mediocre.

Every winner in every category has to have run 6 or more NYRR races in the past 12 months?

This is NYC borough winners, male, female, everyone?

The article doesn't say if the new 6+ race rule to qualify for prize money is only for non-binary or if it applies to all categories. Could very well be that the NYRR needs a new top floor penthouse.

What on earth does this have to do with prize money?? This man would not even make the top 200 in this marathon as a man, we are rewarding mediocrity?

Calamia is a natal female who got a TUE for testosterone.

Can't just apply this rule to nonbinary category as that would be singling them out and discriminatory. NYRR wouldn't dream of backpedaling on their inclusivity, would they?

oh heck. This world is going mental, I need a lie down

I personally think they should be competing as a male, and this category should be for bio females that present as men but unmedicated and can't compete with the men, but that's neither here nor there.

When left wingers are faced with the choice of keeping their word or their money, they will choose to keep their money every time

Yes. It’s insane. Apparently it’s legal to dope if you claim to be transgender.

It perfectly fits their M.O.

This is their new base. Hobbyjoggers and inclusivity. And they are selling out (pun intended HA) every race way earlier than they ever did.

No matter how you feel about athletes like Cam, this is extremely phobic and beyond disappointing behaviour from the NYRR. I like literally can not believe this.

This is genocide!

Can't believe this is happening in 2023.

The woke mind virus needs to be destroyed

Imagine thinking NYRR are broke.

Calamia says:

“Following my win in NYC, I had not heard from NYRR (New York Road Runners), so I reached out. They informed me that I was not eligible for prize money, having not raced six NYRR races in 2023.”

“There was no stipulation around having to run six races within a year to be eligible when I registered...Apparently, the policy was updated on May 12, 2023, months after I registered for the race.”

NYRR website says:

ELIGIBILITY
Updated May 12, 2023

To be eligible for NYRR member prize money:

participants must have an active NYRR membership for six months prior to race day for the TCS New York City Marathon and three months prior to race day for all other NYRR races;

any change in a participant’s NYRR gender profile must have occurred at least three months prior to race day;

the participant’s gender profile at the time of race registration must match the participant’s gender profile on race day;

after the participant initially registered for the race, the participant must not have requested a change to their gender identity on their race registration and must not have changed their NYRR gender profile prior to race day; and

all participants must comply with all NYRR race policies, including but not limited to the Code of Conduct and the Rules of Competition.

All athletes must comply with NYRR’s Run Clean Policy.

nyrr.org

Prize Money

Information on prize money amounts and eligibility for prize money at New York Road Runners events.

Link:www.nyrr.org/run/prize-money

The stipulation about needing to run in 6 NYRR events in 2023 overall to be eligible for 2023 NY Marathon prize money doesn't sound right. All the prize winners in the regular Men's and Women's categories were all foreign nationals, and that's the case most years.

Restricting prize money to runners who've raced in 5 other NYRR events in addition to the Marathon would unfairly favor local/regional residents over everyone else - and that would run counter to the international nature and sporting spirit of the event.

It doesn't make any sense that NYRR would go to all the trouble of creating a new non-binary category for the Marathon, and allocate prize money for the NB top finishers, then turn around and treat the NB winners in such an obviously unfairly discriminatory way.