Should Showing EXTREME GAMENESS be Part of DOY Candidacy?

[Officially Retired]

I'm not kidding anyone, much less myself. You are right about "legends" of yesterday destroying "some dogs of today". However, there are just "some dogs" that could beat "legends" of yesterday. I know good ones are where you find them. Learned that in my first Stratton book years ago. However, there are better today than yesterday. My opinion.

You know, Jessie Owens is a legend of yesterday.He ran in the 10.3's.
I routinely see High School Kids of today run in the sub 10.5's EVERY year and about every other year, I see multiple 10.3's at the State Meet. Multiple High School BOYS that would routinely beat a WORLD CLASS LEGEND. The examples and proof is everywhere.

These kids also start younger, have better training, better nutrition, better shoes, better track, etc. ... (e.g., I believe Jesse Owens ran his time on cinders ...)

[STA8541]

These kids also start younger, have better training, better nutrition, better shoes, better track, etc. ... (e.g., I believe Jesse Owens ran his time on cinders ...)

I love these arguments where kids try to "prove" that today's athletes (2 footed or 4 footed) are "better" than the legends of yesteryear. Such a thing can never, ever be truly proven to a certainty. All that has improved, as has been stated, is nutrition, training methods, etc. But the basic genetic material? No. So of course it begs the question what would Jesse Owens or whoever do w/today's technology? Again, impossible to state, but if you're a betting man (& I am)...

Damn sure I bet Jesse Owens would smoke those "routine High School kids" all day every day till he got bored of doing it.