Re: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

What a wacky idea...I proposed a few years back that we make the likes of Machuka and Hanneck citizens, they were road kings for a while. Turns out Hanneck is now, but he's not the same guy. Who needs to, though, when we have a new American Record marathon from Special K, and 2 young new sub-28

Re: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

The presence of money, by itself, is not the problem. But the hugely inequitable distribution of money might be. There is just too much of a disparity between what is distributed to a semi-finalist versus what is distributed to a finalist, and even a worse disparity between what 1st place gets

Re: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

I think this thread has a dangerous assumption, that is not true. "People run mainly for the money." Even if we are to accept the cheating, it is about winning. The money has come and is coming, but the objective is to win. People cheat to win in this sport. In the times of the East German

RE: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

A flattened prize distribution like golf would change everything. malmo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R.T. Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: $ not the

RE: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

There was plenty of money back then. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 11:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: $ not the root of all evil. I

Re: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

The G.O.A.T. says: "...People cheat to win in this sport. In the times of the East German regime, it was about winning. There was very little money, especially going to the athlete. People cheat to win. Money has been a result not a cause." Correct. People would cheat to win, especially

Re: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

How about a "per capita" award structure? In other words, the inner of the NY Marathon gets a precentage of the average yearly per capita income of his or her country, w/ lower places getting smaller percentages. Thus, if some guy from the US wins he takes home $50,000; if he's from Ethiopia,

RE: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

This just means there would be no-one left running for most third world countries. Anyone approaching elite status would just take out US (etc) citizenship.. I reckon I'd be rushing to the Brunei or Gulf states embassies myself... Regards - GT - http://homepages.go.com/~oztrack/ -Original

Re: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

In a message dated 11/6/00 7:22:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This just means there would be no-one left running for most third world countries. Anyone approaching elite status would just take out US (etc) citizenship.. Well, that's one way to end the US distance drought ;-) Jim Gerweck

RE: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of THOMAS,Graham Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: t-and-f: $ not the root of all evil. This just means there would be no-one left running for most third