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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by originallambrettaman, Nov 26, 2015.

  1. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
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    Seb Coe has announced his resignation from the British Olympic Association (effective immediately after Rio) and he's given up his role at Nike.
     
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  2. Charlie1

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    Jumped before he was pushed.
     
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  3. Chazz Rheinhold

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    Smug slimy nose in the trough ****house.

    The money, prestige, power they get in these jobs just isnt enough is it. Always wanting more.
     
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  4. Edelman

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    Bravo
     
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  5. The greengrocer

    The greengrocer Well-Known Member

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    I thought he'd just stepped down from his Nike job?
     
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  6. ElTigre

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    Who cares? It's only athletics/Olympics which is hopelessly crooked in a manner football can't be as football is a game of skill (well maybe not City in the 90's).
     
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  7. Fez

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    The work he does with the IAAF is unpaid.
     
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  8. Des Head

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    So did I. But only from reading the OP.
     
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  9. Fez

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    He has only stepped down from his Nike ambassordorial role.
     
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  10. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

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    Given up $/£100,000 p.a. consultancy.



    Poor bairn.
     
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  11. Amin Arrears

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    Get it straight from Seb Coe
    It's where Olympics go
     
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  12. Des Head

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    And free trainers.
     
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  13. Fez

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    So someone who is prepared to work in that caustic arena for nothing but brickbats, disrespect and doubt, is to be ridiculed when they give up their £100, 000 employment?
    I don't know where you have got the facts from, that you must be using to judge him (as no-one else has them as yet - just questions), but it seems to me that we are rushing headlong into the new trend for 'guilty until proven innocent'.
     
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  14. BOJACKHCAFCMAN

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    Talksport has a lot to answer for!
     
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  15. Amin Arrears

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    I think people are just jealous that Lord Coe has done well for himself. It tends to happen a lot on here, people seem to hate others for nothing other than the fact they have more money than them.

    They probably think they deserve a share of it via benefits.
     
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  16. Fez

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    Bottom line is that he seems to have been found guilty by association and nothing else. If it can be shown he has used his positions for corrupt gain then hang him high, but the one thing I have constantly been wary of is throwing the baby out with the bath water.
    It is foolish to think there have not been some poor decisions, but it is also foolish to think that there might not have been valid reasons for being associated but not guilty of corruption.
    Coe was the Vice-President for 7yrs (ish) but he attended only a few times a year, as was the requirement of the unpaid role, but just how possible was it, in the constitution of the IAAF (which invited corruption), to effect change or make accusation when proof was so difficult to gather? Or do you wait for the WADA report, but, like everyone else, be gobsmacked by volume 1 of the accusations and be waiting with a sense of dread for volume 2 - do any of us really want sport to be brought to it's knees, as it will be.
     
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  17. Edelman

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    Thats not a new trend unfortunately.
    It seems to be the norm now
     
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  18. Bengals Tiger

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    How very true. It seems to be, and to have always been, a "Hull thing" -- perennial envy (probably not the best word) when anyone else has some degree of success, even when (as in the case of Coe) it has been earned through an extended period of exceptionally excellent performance. For Gawd's sake, he's almost one of us. He's from ****ty Sheffield!
    For once, Hatty has made the Post of the Day. Well done!
     
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    didn't he stick his oar in regarding the kc before it was built, or something like that? i know we don't like brooking for that reason, but i have a vague recollection of us not liking coe as well.
     
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  20. Fez

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    us?
     
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