FireUpNow:
Shame to those white mofos who never wan our girl to shine. Since broke the world record

There's a time to point out racism and a time not. This doesn't seem a time to point to racism not least since a plethora of black athletes compete and win in these competitions without the stigma placed on Tobi. There may be biases against Nigeria athletes and a need to create an aura of doubt against them by establishing in them a reputation for dug cheating but this may be for ulterior motives such as financial ones.

I'll point you in the direction from which you may draw to consider the financial aspect:

1) Nigeria has a noticeable potential to produce extraordinary world beating talents like Tobi, Salwa Eid Naser , Ajunwa, Ese Brume etc.

2) Professional Athletics pays stars possibly millions and the West foots the bill.

3) The West likes returns on investments in the form of taxes and consuming of good in the West among other things.

4) The West likes to control all aspect of an enterprise, every thing measured and quantified. For instance, the diamond league has a set amount of money for invited Athletes, most of whom earn invitation based on winning performances or meeting certain qualifying times. The parameters of the competition too is quantified including the circus like show business side of it. For instance, [b]Jamaica V USA sprint events [/b]is an attraction, a wining formula in the Athletics circus spectacular sold to the public and which draws viewership. Athletics, in its role as showbiz, values the rivalry and would prefer not to risk its alteration.

5) The Kenyans and Ethiopians fulfil a certain role in the athletics "circus bonanza".


6) Think how several yeas ago athletics bodies in Europe attempted to bar Kenyan and Ethiopian runners from marathon and long distant events in the West on the grounds that these East Africa athletes were stifling the growth of domestic European long distant runners by winning everything thereby disillusioning prospective young European talent. However investigation discovered that the true reason was that meet organisers wanted European athletes to be the ones earning the top money paid to winners. They wanted European money in European hands.

See, Athletics now is a cosy showbiz family, under a limited but growing standardization and control. African Americans, Caribbean's are part of the Western family in terms of the money aspect. If Nigerians arrive in the numbers backed by talent that they are capable off.....well, go figure.

I wish this never happened. It left her in a bad psychological state.