TLW wrote:
Why would Magness leave a coaching position for the world's best distance group at the biggest sporting company in the world? Hmmm...use your brain and read between the lines people.
How about you use your brain and read between the lines. If Magness saw anything illegal, he is obligated to report it. And if he had done so while at a company like Nike, he would have had the large bonus that he could not be fired/terminated, and that he could win a large whistle blower reward.
And, if Magness is totally against PED use...he would have done exactly those things now, wouldn't he? That's right.
Some of you anonymous idiots are so hungry to act out your hate and cynicism it is amazing.
Sometimes the simplest explanation is the truth. The situation just didn't work out.
And as in most professional partings, it is not professional to give details. Why? In case you misspeak in a way that could be considered as denigrating your former employer -- it could hurt you with future potential employers. For the employer, you could be open to a law suit by the terminated employee.
That is why ending press releases all sound in the same corporate speak. (Maybe some readers here, as I have, have been at the board room table when these decisions are made, and when wording is approved by legal for the press release etc.)
Let's see, what do Salazar, Rupp, Ritz and Mo all have in common? --They are all extremely religious -- to the point where the idea of them using PEDS is insane.
Here is how insane it is:
If they were caught using PEDS the following things would happen. 1.) There would be a Congressional Investigation against Nike. Don't think so? Get real. The scandal would be enormous. And in light of TdF and Lance scandals, the costs to Nike in money and rep would be torturous. 2. There would be an investigation by state authorities into Vin Lananna and the Oregon Track program, because they are state employees and they would want to know that none of that went on while any of the athletes were coached by state employees / on state scholarship.
There is far more testing for college track athletes (who compete internationally as Rupp, Wheating, Centro, et. al., have done) than there is for college football players.
I know a lot of you have nothing better to do with your lives than to be hateful, conspiracy theorists... You just really need to find better, more sensible targets.