Can Olympic marathon success provide the clout necessary to make those changes today?
I don’t know. As with anything in the US, we tend to respond best to a crisis and I think we’re in one right now. I mean, when Michael Johnson loses his gold medal because every other member of the relay team has now been busted? I’d say things aren’t looking too good. Back to the prize money. Today we have the World Marathon Majors series, which is extremely lucrative. Do you think there is still a need for an Olympic marathon? It’s valuable socially because there is still no event where, on one particular day, an athlete has to be able to compete – and know they will be competing against the best athletes from the rest of the world – and has nothing to do with money. The Olympics are still where the bragging rights are in the sport. But when agents came in, the whole tenor, dynamic, and interpersonal relationships among the elite athletes, changed. How? The athletes don’t associate with each other in the same way. It’s become more like bike racing. If you’re on a certain team, you’re
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