Kind of crazy to think that a relatively new company like roll recovery is doing a better job at supporting athletes than USATF itself...
Kind of crazy to think that a relatively new company like roll recovery is doing a better job at supporting athletes than USATF itself...
Usatf is incredibly corrupt. It's not crazy if your business model is making money by inflicting harm on others, i.e. Symmonds, etc.
Salad bark wrote:
Kind of crazy to think that a relatively new company like roll recovery is doing a better job at supporting athletes than USATF itself...
I guess good for them, but it strikes me as a PR move more than a real concern about the athletes. And USATF does pay to support the "A" qualifiers who get their travel and hotel paid for plus a $40 per-diem that exceeds the registration fee.
Homunculus wrote:
Salad bark wrote:Kind of crazy to think that a relatively new company like roll recovery is doing a better job at supporting athletes than USATF itself...
I guess good for them, but it strikes me as a PR move more than a real concern about the athletes. And USATF does pay to support the "A" qualifiers who get their travel and hotel paid for plus a $40 per-diem that exceeds the registration fee.
Yeah those are some good points, forgot only the B athletes pay, still can't help but think many of the qualifiers are coming from the HM though. Good publicity for RR
For what it's worth, EVERYONE has to pay the $30 fee, even A-Standard Athletes. This seems a bit absurd to me, particularly since the A-Standard athletes are supposed to have their expenses covered.
It just seems like a pointless gesture. There are like 400 people running in the Trials - that's $12K. With the LA Marathon the next day, tons of sponsorship $ from swoosh, skechers, NBC for TV rights, etc. this must seem like a drop in the bucket. What's the point?