Blake -no thank you

[Gen]

<span style="font-size: 14pt">Olympic star Blake to miss weekend’s Aviva Grand Prix after ‘insulting’ offer
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Yohan Blake, the Jamaican sprinter who won three medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games, <span style="font-weight: bold">will not compete at athletics’ Aviva Grand Prix meeting in Birmingham, England on Sunday, after an “insulting” offer of £25,000 ($39,725)</span> in appearance money.

Blake’s manager Cubie Seegobin said the offer from UK Athletics promoter Ian Stewart “didn’t come close” to his value, and added that Blake was being treated as little more than a support act for the meeting’s main attraction, the UK’s double gold medalist Mo Farah.

Seegobin said: “There’s an arrogance about these meets in England. There’s something wrong. The attitude seems to be, ‘We’ve got Mo Farah so we don’t need anyone else’.

“Birmingham has a big West Indian community and you would have thought they would want to see Yohan Blake or Warren Weir or some of the other Jamaicans.”

Seegobin claimed invitations to British meetings were largely dependent on whether the agent was on “friendly terms” with Stewart.

Bolt, who won silver medals in the 100 meters and 200 meters and gold in the 4×100 meters relay at the Olympics, will instead compete in Thursday’s Samsung Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.

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[Gen]

Re: Blake -no thank you

<span style="font-size: 14pt">US$150,000 (J$13.3 million) is what he commands per race and Yohan Blake and his management team will not budge.</span>

British fans, eager to get a glimpse of Jamaican 100m world champion and 100m and 200m Olympic silver medallist this weekend, at the AVIVA Birmingham Grand Prix, following his exploits at the London Olympic Games, will have to wait a while longer after the sprinter's management rejected an &quot;insulting&quot; £40,000 (J$5.6 million) from promoters.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Blake, who will headline the 100m at today's Diamond League outing at Lausanne, has instead confirmed his participation at the remaining stops in the lucrative series in Zurich, on August 29 and Brussels on September 7</span>. Blake last year posted the second fastest 200m in history, 19.26, in Brussels.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Cubie Seegobin, Blake's manager, blasted meet promoter Ian Stewart and said the offer, which he refused shorlty after the Olympic Games via email, &quot;didn't come close&quot; to what his athlete was worth.</span>

&quot;There's an arrogance about these meets in England,&quot; said Seegobin, who also manages another Jamaican, Olympic 200m bronze medallist Warren Weir. &quot;There's something wrong. The attitude seems to be, &quot;We've got Mo Farah so we don't need anyone else&quot;. Birmingham has a big West Indian community and you would have thought they would want to see Yohan Blake or Warren Weir or some of the other Jamaicans.&quot;

&quot;This friendly stuff doesn't work,&quot; Seegobin added. &quot;If you're friends with this manager you get to have your athletes come in. If you're not friends, you don't get invited. You have to be in the boys' club.&quot;

Blake and Weir will join repeat Olympic 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt in Lausanne, at a meet that features 19 Olympic champions.

Bolt and Weir will run in the 200m, along with fellow Jamaicans Nickel Ashmeade, Jason Young and Marvin Anderson with Churandy Martina and Wallace Spearmon also booked to compete.

Blake will have Nesta Carter, Ryan Bailey and Tyson Gay for company in the 100m.

The women's 100m is also stacked, with two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce looking to continue where she left off while bronze medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown, silver medallist Carmelita Jeter and Kerron Stewart all looking to get the better of her.

All eyes will be on Melaine Walker as she joins Kaliese Spencer in the 400m hurdles, while Rusheen McDonald will run in the 400m.

Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment is listed in the men's 110m hurdles where he will come up against the two men who finished ahead of him in London, champion Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson.

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[sistactry]

Re: Blake -no thank you

me no blame u Blakie, tell dem fe tek it shuvv it,

why dem no mek Farah run by himself,

[Gen]

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<span style="font-style: italic">him cut him nails thank yuh geezas</span>

[sistactry]

Re: Blake -no thank you

him never grab me from mawning,
and wuss when me see dem nails omg, no sah,

my boy is Bolt, even weir is cute
and my girl is Shelly Ann,

[Nunya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">him cut him nails thank yuh geezas</span>
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Maybe word get back to im say de long nails dem nah tek,,,

[SmoothOperator]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">him cut him nails thank yuh geezas</span>
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Hee, hee. Maybe he got the memo. But him still need a better pose.

[Emperah]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SistaCtry</div><div class="ubbcode-body">him never grab me from mawning,
and wuss when me see dem nails omg, no sah,

my boy is Bolt, even weir is cute
and my girl is Shelly Ann, </div></div>

jus dis mawnin yuh bwoy was prince albert ar wah eva him name

[Tropicana]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Olympic star Blake to miss weekend’s Aviva Grand Prix after ‘insulting’ offer
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Yohan Blake, the Jamaican sprinter who won three medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games, <span style="font-weight: bold">will not compete at athletics’ Aviva Grand Prix meeting in Birmingham, England on Sunday, after an “insulting” offer of £25,000 ($39,725)</span> in appearance money.</div></div>

£25,000 ($39,725)....give it to me. I'll take it. 3 or 4 of those and I won't have to work for a year, How do I contact these people to offer my services?

How do I get in touch with Cubie Seegobin? He may set me up so nicely that I won't even have to look for a sugar daddy who doesn't demand baggy dropping.

[Blackstar*]

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Blake doesn't have any individual world records - yet - so maybe he should scale down his expectations just a tad from £150,000.

Shelly-Ann Fraser is a more engaging personality to me, plus she is the reigning queen of the 100 m for two Olympics in a row, so I could see her aiming for that kind of money and getting it.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Blake -no thank you

So the promoters should get all the money?!

[Wahalla]

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DOC that is a red herring! The reason is the same y Bolt wont run in the UK, TAX.

Also 25000 is not a lot of money. He has expenses, he has to pay his coach. Be aware that there may also be tax implications.

Also bear in mind he has a 8 year career. Say 10 races a year? 2 million sterling less expenses and tax. 100 k is more reasonable rate.

[Blackstar*]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">DOC that is a red herring! The reason is the same y Bolt wont run in the UK, TAX.

Also 25000 is not a lot of money. He has expenses, he has to pay his coach. Be aware that there may also be tax implications.

Also bear in mind he has a 8 year career. Say 10 races a year? 2 million sterling less expenses and tax. <span style="font-weight: bold">100 k is more reasonable rate.</span> </div></div>Definitely agree with you on this Wahalla.