Lurker4 wrote:
To wrap up the reasons why Knibb might not pay the fee is that she has an agent that advises her to get the most out of it.No disrespect for your analysis, but a wrap up should include the fact that it was i m p o s s i b l e to add an athlete to the start list the day before the race, period. No matter how much the PTO would've wanted it. The PTO does not control the start list the way you think it does.
Also, they would not have wanted to arrange a last minute addition at a significant cost only to see the athlete travel for 20 hours with little to no sleep, get off the airplane, start, and finish last. Sam Long arrived in Milwaukee the day before the race, not several hours before, after a good night of sleep and 4-hour flight.
"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden