I mean....I never questioned how Shericka or her team went about it and was more surprised so many people were upset to the point that they called them liars. Too many Fans act as if they're heavily invested in the athletes and that the athletes need to consider the fans feeling before their own. smh
Don’t you know your own body ? Don’t you know when to push and not when to push ? These people knew that they weren’t ready for the Olympics and still went there selfishly for vacations . Had they released statements stating that they’re not 100 and they’ll do their best then people would give them the benefit the doubt. Jackson herself said in one interview when the interviewer asked her if she is ok to go and she looked in the man face and said yes she is ready to go for 200 and no injuries. Then two days later no show. What you call that ?
@@longbranch11207 She never said she didn't have injuries. They were trying to manage them in the hopes that it would be good enough to compete. What is so hard in that to understand. And as for selfishness.....who was she being selfish to?
She knew damn well she wasn’t ready the fact that she pulled out the 100 even the fans were saying that she was injured before the games started . You mean to tell me she didn’t know her body wasn’t in good shape ? I fine that hard to believe . Why didn’t they release release statements explaining their circumstances
Coach big up. I still can't believe people would say that about Shelly. We all know she is a worrier and will fight to the end and that is more than obvious. Shame on them to even think that
I understand what Bruce is saying BUT people are not upset that SJ is injuried. They are rightfully upset about the multiple lies that were told her injuries. It would have been better for them not to address. In another live Fabian explained it best: SJ didn’t have to be fully fit/injury-free to win/medal in the 200m.
Why are they so upset though? Jamaica unlike the US, Phillipines, Italy etc doesn't pay the athletes. Spectators are just upset that they missed up on the hype and jubilation. Sherika and Shelly are probably more upset that they missed a payday.
@@kidscanreadtv6821This is the level of selfishness that is just unreal. People nuh business about nutten else but how they feel and they feel robbed of their joy. So someone should be blamed and made to pay.
@@kidscanreadtv6821 I can't speak for anyone but idk anyone who is ok or happy with being lied to. As I've said before it's better of they didn't address it. A lie is a lie regardless of the circumstances. I totally agree that fans don't directly pay, and don't care about the althetes. But in the grand scheme of things if track and field is going to grow lies like this does nothing for the sport. I purposely mentioned Sherika and not Shelly. If people are following the sport they would have remember Shelly's team announrd her injury from last year. Obviously she has the same injury and she has been out of competition so it's clear that she is still injuried. She went to the Olympics and did her best, and unfortunately things didn't work out in her favor. Massive kudos to her. In regards to pay. The Jamaica government pay Olympic medalists.
@@nikelnicole Both Shelly and Sherika qualified to be on the Olympic team. They were not handed a pass. They competed and proved themselves. Shelly competed to make the team and qualified for the semis at this year's Olympic games after she was injured last year. So your deduction that she has been out of competition completely when she clearly competed and qualified to be on the Olympic team is skewed. Furthermore, you can only surmise that it is a lie if you collectively feel their pain and were privy to their situation. These two girls were training and doing warmups leading up to their Olympic events. You can't say they lied if they were trying to compete and believed that they could muster the energy and verve to compete. You are not part of the camp, haven't witnessed anything first hand and probably don't understand the grit needed to be an Olympic athlete. Steven Gardener from the Bahamas was also a DNS for the 400m because his injuries were exacerbated during warmups. Many athletes around the world compete in severe pain without telling anyone because they don't wish to be pitied and to them competing in pain and pushing their bodies is normal. So if they say that they are ready to compete even when they are feeling pain and discomfort then they are ready and it's not a lie. Shelly competed with foot injury before and no one said she lied when she said that she could compete. I haven't heard one Bahamian calling Steve Gardener a liar for saying that he was ready and then being a no show during the 400m heats. And you said that Jamaica pays the athletes. Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce and the dream team from '08, 2012, 2016 didn't get paid. Both Asafa and Usain have confessed to helping athletes but that there is only so much that they can do and continue to call on the Jamaica Athletics association to pay its athletes. Asafa has clearly stated on multiple occasions that Jamaica doesn't pay its athletes. Only recently Jamaica allotted a few dollars geared towards the athletes who qualified for the team and for the ongoing cost of training thereafter but nothing substantive. Even then, the association gave no distinct amount that would go towards medalists this year. How much did JOA pay Kishane Thompson for that silver medal or Roje Stona for that gold? Most countries have all of the prices geared towards athletes outlined in plain site but Jamaica doesn't. Jamaica didn't outline any price money for medalists this year. You will need to prove that Jamaica paid those athletes as you suggested because those who have been part of it clearly disagree with you.
Secondly, as it relates to shelly Ann's injury, she pulling out wasn't my concern. Its the fact that we are yet to heae the extent of the injury. How long it would keep her out of competition? Instead, all we know is that she wasn't fit to run the 100m and the 4 x100. That is the problem I have with ttack and field, everything is so secretive, leaving the public to speculate.
This is bs . Jackson from day one she wasn’t ready for the Olympics and waited for the last minute to do the no show . Yea it her job to run but we all know our bodies .I call this whole thing selfish. Basically just took a free vacation to Paris.
We glad is not your money. Even if a vacation she deserve it. Uno too much give her a break. Make sure uno rest up and go train go qualify for 2028 so we can be hear to watch uno, and if uno don't perform we can rub uno out to.
Oh please , if she is injured say so so people don’t waste their money to go see them . My friends and family booked tickets and hotel for Paris to see them run . It cost them a lot only to hear how they’re dropping out of the games. They said had they known Jackson was injured they would have stayed home . Do you know how disappointing that is ? You don’t think that was selfish ? My job is not to train or run for Jamaica . That’s their jobs .nobody is bashing them for being injured. People are upset for the lack of concern they have for the fans . You know you’re injured just tell people from day one you’re not 100 and don’t expect much . All this hiding and for what ? Kmt
Shericka has been injured since trials, then hurt it up in the diamond league. At that moment, she should've pulled out of the Olympics. But she went anyway, which was selfish of her. Shelly-Ann, i believe, the whole mess with the security, which she didn't get time to warmup, she called it quit and didn't compete. Them must stop lie, including this man..
He has a point some may not agree but its factual. Even in 2022 when Shelly was running 10.6s consistently she picked up an injury in one of the dl races where Shericka won in the race. She still ran a 10.7 tho. I think sometimes the athletes in particularly ours need to learn when to sit out a season and not aggravate the injuries more by racing competitively.
In other sports, like cricket and nfl, the athletes are required to pass a fitness test. Maybe the same jaaa need to implement same. It’s a waste of resources and emotions to take partially injured athletes who can’t give of their best.
@@coachsdesktv but all now we don't get a feasible explanation for this. Yes the rules change overnight, but all know we don't hear if Jamaica heard the rules in time to communicate this to athletes such as Shelly. Nor we haven't heard why the security guard knowing full well that these are athletes would not let them in even though they were let in the day before.
@@anthonyhenry4895 they make these changes but don’t inform ppl. Have you had any encounters with security then you can answer the question cus dem daak bad
@@coachsdesktv I am hearing in another track group that the Americans heard of the changes and they notified their athletes. Which Is why asked if Jamaica heard in time. Too much of these things are left for public speculation.
Why is it so easy for athletes to withdraw at the Olympic Level without verifiable injury? I can understand the Diamond League (or other non-national events) where you represent yourself. But, in an Olympics repping your country, should the criteria be the same? There was another interview with Stephen Francis post Paris 2024 Olympics saying Shericka withdrew because (words to the effect of) 'she would not have been able to have run as she would have liked'. Do agents'/athletes' concerns trump national decisions? If an athlete can't run 'as they would have liked', does it mean they shouldnt run at all? 🤔
Firstly, it is not for athletes to declare their fitness. That's the role of their management team. Futuremore, when a medical assessment is done on an athlete, a projected time is often given as to when they should be fine to compete again ( whether 2,3 to 4weeks). If that assessment is done and they know that the Tim needed to recover extends into the Olympics, why wait until a day or two before the event to pull out?
@anthonyhenry4895 again...why not wait until the last minute to be sure. How could they know how she would feel until the very last minute??? Did you people lose a bet or something???
@@Objectivity-w5j you know an approximation of her fitness can be given prior to? Tell us that she is 50%, 60% or 70% fit. Communicate to the public the possibility of her being ready to compete. Other sports do it, why can't track and field.
Athletes do ran with pain but to a limit if it's going to damage u in the long run then it's best to fix the problem you all should remember shelly in 2016 when she came 3rd at the Olympics she had a toe that would never get well that year she had to withdrew from track and field just to get it sorted out
I am not buying the argument of athletes having to push their bodies to the limit and pushing pass pain is an excuse for delayed communication of injury. All athletes across different sports have to do it. In football, you know when a player is not 100% fit before a match. They still play the match but atleast as fans we will bear it in mind.
@@traceyb7828 ok. Just as football, basketball, baseball, tennis fans arent obligated to know the health status of the players they support. But it happens anyway. And it doesn't take away from the rspectability of the sport nor its players. Its this type of mentality which keeps track and field ameture.
this is not an explanation to the question. Fact is that an athlete will always want to compete irregardless. Its not upto the Athelete to compete . They have to be cleared by medical staff . They are injured by tests and investigations determined by medical staff. Its not upto the athlete only. If SJ was injured before the Olympics and it was serious enough she should have been withdrawn . This is what happened bruce made it seem like SJ got injured at the Olympics. Her injury was under reported . It cannot be left to decide she is fit. There are fitness test and medical clearance which ckearly SJ would have failed if properly done b4 the Olympics . so Bruce has to be asked would test and procedures that SJ underwent to clear her to go to the oly after that diamond league race b4 the games started?
Coach everyone knows their bodies we know or have a feeling when something is wrong, so u feel like something is wrong and Dont check it out 😮 seriously not buying that one at all
I mean....I never questioned how Shericka or her team went about it and was more surprised so many people were upset to the point that they called them liars. Too many Fans act as if they're heavily invested in the athletes and that the athletes need to consider the fans feeling before their own. smh
@coachdesk Head and Shoulders vlog is doing a live today saying Team Jamaica lies
Don’t you know your own body ? Don’t you know when to push and not when to push ? These people knew that they weren’t ready for the Olympics and still went there selfishly for vacations . Had they released statements stating that they’re not 100 and they’ll do their best then people would give them the benefit the doubt. Jackson herself said in one interview when the interviewer asked her if she is ok to go and she looked in the man face and said yes she is ready to go for 200 and no injuries. Then two days later no show. What you call that ?
@@longbranch11207 She never said she didn't have injuries. They were trying to manage them in the hopes that it would be good enough to compete. What is so hard in that to understand. And as for selfishness.....who was she being selfish to?
She knew damn well she wasn’t ready the fact that she pulled out the 100 even the fans were saying that she was injured before the games started . You mean to tell me she didn’t know her body wasn’t in good shape ? I fine that hard to believe . Why didn’t they release release statements explaining their circumstances
I always ❤ Bruce James. He is alway enthusiastic about the Jamaican athletes from juniors to seniors.
Coach big up. I still can't believe people would say that about Shelly. We all know she is a worrier and will fight to the end and that is more than obvious. Shame on them to even think that
Thanks much for the clarity on both of these athletes. Mr. James is always credible.
I understand what Bruce is saying BUT people are not upset that SJ is injuried. They are rightfully upset about the multiple lies that were told her injuries. It would have been better for them not to address.
In another live Fabian explained it best: SJ didn’t have to be fully fit/injury-free to win/medal in the 200m.
Why are they so upset though? Jamaica unlike the US, Phillipines, Italy etc doesn't pay the athletes. Spectators are just upset that they missed up on the hype and jubilation. Sherika and Shelly are probably more upset that they missed a payday.
@@kidscanreadtv6821can i tell you. Them fi gweh. Worse thing is they miss the pay day. Them a cuss like they are paying these athletes. Kmt.
@@kidscanreadtv6821This is the level of selfishness that is just unreal. People nuh business about nutten else but how they feel and they feel robbed of their joy. So someone should be blamed and made to pay.
@@kidscanreadtv6821 I can't speak for anyone but idk anyone who is ok or happy with being lied to. As I've said before it's better of they didn't address it. A lie is a lie regardless of the circumstances.
I totally agree that fans don't directly pay, and don't care about the althetes. But in the grand scheme of things if track and field is going to grow lies like this does nothing for the sport.
I purposely mentioned Sherika and not Shelly. If people are following the sport they would have remember Shelly's team announrd her injury from last year. Obviously she has the same injury and she has been out of competition so it's clear that she is still injuried. She went to the Olympics and did her best, and unfortunately things didn't work out in her favor. Massive kudos to her.
In regards to pay. The Jamaica government pay Olympic medalists.
@@nikelnicole Both Shelly and Sherika qualified to be on the Olympic team. They were not handed a pass. They competed and proved themselves. Shelly competed to make the team and qualified for the semis at this year's Olympic games after she was injured last year. So your deduction that she has been out of competition completely when she clearly competed and qualified to be on the Olympic team is skewed.
Furthermore, you can only surmise that it is a lie if you collectively feel their pain and were privy to their situation. These two girls were training and doing warmups leading up to their Olympic events. You can't say they lied if they were trying to compete and believed that they could muster the energy and verve to compete. You are not part of the camp, haven't witnessed anything first hand and probably don't understand the grit needed to be an Olympic athlete. Steven Gardener from the Bahamas was also a DNS for the 400m because his injuries were exacerbated during warmups. Many athletes around the world compete in severe pain without telling anyone because they don't wish to be pitied and to them competing in pain and pushing their bodies is normal. So if they say that they are ready to compete even when they are feeling pain and discomfort then they are ready and it's not a lie. Shelly competed with foot injury before and no one said she lied when she said that she could compete. I haven't heard one Bahamian calling Steve Gardener a liar for saying that he was ready and then being a no show during the 400m heats.
And you said that Jamaica pays the athletes. Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce and the dream team from '08, 2012, 2016 didn't get paid. Both Asafa and Usain have confessed to helping athletes but that there is only so much that they can do and continue to call on the Jamaica Athletics association to pay its athletes. Asafa has clearly stated on multiple occasions that Jamaica doesn't pay its athletes. Only recently Jamaica allotted a few dollars geared towards the athletes who qualified for the team and for the ongoing cost of training thereafter but nothing substantive. Even then, the association gave no distinct amount that would go towards medalists this year. How much did JOA pay Kishane Thompson for that silver medal or Roje Stona for that gold? Most countries have all of the prices geared towards athletes outlined in plain site but Jamaica doesn't. Jamaica didn't outline any price money for medalists this year. You will need to prove that Jamaica paid those athletes as you suggested because those who have been part of it clearly disagree with you.
Secondly, as it relates to shelly Ann's injury, she pulling out wasn't my concern. Its the fact that we are yet to heae the extent of the injury. How long it would keep her out of competition? Instead, all we know is that she wasn't fit to run the 100m and the 4 x100. That is the problem I have with ttack and field, everything is so secretive, leaving the public to speculate.
This is bs . Jackson from day one she wasn’t ready for the Olympics and waited for the last minute to do the no show . Yea it her job to run but we all know our bodies .I call this whole thing selfish. Basically just took a free vacation to Paris.
We glad is not your money. Even if a vacation she deserve it. Uno too much give her a break. Make sure uno rest up and go train go qualify for 2028 so we can be hear to watch uno, and if uno don't perform we can rub uno out to.
Oh please , if she is injured say so so people don’t waste their money to go see them . My friends and family booked tickets and hotel for Paris to see them run . It cost them a lot only to hear how they’re dropping out of the games. They said had they known Jackson was injured they would have stayed home . Do you know how disappointing that is ? You don’t think that was selfish ? My job is not to train or run for Jamaica . That’s their jobs .nobody is bashing them for being injured. People are upset for the lack of concern they have for the fans . You know you’re injured just tell people from day one you’re not 100 and don’t expect much . All this hiding and for what ? Kmt
That was a great interview that I hope cleared a lot of things for most people. I hope you can bring him back for more.
I like him. Hopefully you can bring him back on the show again.
Shericka has been injured since trials, then hurt it up in the diamond league. At that moment, she should've pulled out of the Olympics. But she went anyway, which was selfish of her. Shelly-Ann, i believe, the whole mess with the security, which she didn't get time to warmup, she called it quit and didn't compete. Them must stop lie, including this man..
This man doesn't make no sense he not answering the questions I feel
What were you expecting?
My thought exactly! Makes perfect sense!!!
He admitted that SJ was injured before the Olympics. They clearly did not know how serious the injury was or ignored it
They knew, the average Joe knew that they were injured. These people just took the money and free vacations
@@longbranch11207 Yes, most of them, vacation dem went their for..
He has a point some may not agree but its factual. Even in 2022 when Shelly was running 10.6s consistently she picked up an injury in one of the dl races where Shericka won in the race. She still ran a 10.7 tho.
I think sometimes the athletes in particularly ours need to learn when to sit out a season and not aggravate the injuries more by racing competitively.
Her hamstring was inflamed, not injury!
In other sports, like cricket and nfl, the athletes are required to pass a fitness test. Maybe the same jaaa need to implement same. It’s a waste of resources and emotions to take partially injured athletes who can’t give of their best.
What causes Shelly-Ann hamstring problem is that She and Shacarri was barred from the warm-up track... Clear Sabotage right there!
They were Barred From the entrance but not from the warm up area
@@coachsdesktv but all now we don't get a feasible explanation for this. Yes the rules change overnight, but all know we don't hear if Jamaica heard the rules in time to communicate this to athletes such as Shelly. Nor we haven't heard why the security guard knowing full well that these are athletes would not let them in even though they were let in the day before.
@@anthonyhenry4895 they make these changes but don’t inform ppl. Have you had any encounters with security then you can answer the question cus dem daak bad
@@coachsdesktv all now this wasn't publicly stated. And that's why you can't wrong ppl to speculate if it was sabotage.
@@coachsdesktv I am hearing in another track group that the Americans heard of the changes and they notified their athletes. Which Is why asked if Jamaica heard in time. Too much of these things are left for public speculation.
That fulll of BS’S simple as that
Why is it so easy for athletes to withdraw at the Olympic Level without verifiable injury? I can understand the Diamond League (or other non-national events) where you represent yourself. But, in an Olympics repping your country, should the criteria be the same? There was another interview with Stephen Francis post Paris 2024 Olympics saying Shericka withdrew because (words to the effect of) 'she would not have been able to have run as she would have liked'. Do agents'/athletes' concerns trump national decisions? If an athlete can't run 'as they would have liked', does it mean they shouldnt run at all? 🤔
Firstly, it is not for athletes to declare their fitness. That's the role of their management team. Futuremore, when a medical assessment is done on an athlete, a projected time is often given as to when they should be fine to compete again ( whether 2,3 to 4weeks). If that assessment is done and they know that the Tim needed to recover extends into the Olympics, why wait until a day or two before the event to pull out?
@anthonyhenry4895 again...why not wait until the last minute to be sure. How could they know how she would feel until the very last minute??? Did you people lose a bet or something???
@@Objectivity-w5j you know an approximation of her fitness can be given prior to? Tell us that she is 50%, 60% or 70% fit. Communicate to the public the possibility of her being ready to compete. Other sports do it, why can't track and field.
Athletes do ran with pain but to a limit if it's going to damage u in the long run then it's best to fix the problem you all should remember shelly in 2016 when she came 3rd at the Olympics she had a toe that would never get well that year she had to withdrew from track and field just to get it sorted out
Sounds about right. Plausible.
Facts
I am not buying the argument of athletes having to push their bodies to the limit and pushing pass pain is an excuse for delayed communication of injury. All athletes across different sports have to do it. In football, you know when a player is not 100% fit before a match. They still play the match but atleast as fans we will bear it in mind.
They are not obligated to fans to come and tell you people about their health.
@@traceyb7828 ok. Just as football, basketball, baseball, tennis fans arent obligated to know the health status of the players they support. But it happens anyway. And it doesn't take away from the rspectability of the sport nor its players. Its this type of mentality which keeps track and field ameture.
this is not an explanation to the question. Fact is that an athlete will always want to compete irregardless. Its not upto the Athelete to compete . They have to be cleared by medical staff . They are injured by tests and investigations determined by medical staff. Its not upto the athlete only. If SJ was injured before the Olympics and it was serious enough she should have been withdrawn . This is what happened bruce made it seem like SJ got injured at the Olympics. Her injury was under reported . It cannot be left to decide she is fit. There are fitness test and medical clearance which ckearly SJ would have failed if properly done b4 the Olympics .
so Bruce has to be asked would test and procedures that SJ underwent to clear her to go to the oly after that diamond league race b4 the games started?
Did you know they get paid to run they tried and it did not work out
@@maxolien1538 so u ran 1 race and then what? you get 10 000 usd.
Coach everyone knows their bodies we know or have a feeling when something is wrong, so u feel like something is wrong and Dont check it out 😮 seriously not buying that one at all
@chch1963 exactly. only the non critical thinkers will accept this reasoning . it is not sound!!
PR campaign to win over the fans?
Presentation is made fans make their conclusion
cant agree with Bruce reasoning here
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