Former CrossFit Games winner Ben Smith:
“To all these “Sanctional” event coordinators that are qualifying athletes for the CF Games: This seems like common sense?… Don’t have people programming the events for the competition ALSO be the coaches of athletes competing in these events. What am I missing?
I’m all for this format/changes and think it should work just fine, possibly even better than the last format. But these comps have a responsibility to be un-biased. I love that the events are varied in structure And programming but I see this programming bias potential as an issue that needs to be resolved and should just be common sense. Thoughts? Am I missing something?
(Ps. Don’t say that programming doesn’t matter. It does. And That’s not the point, I’m thinking bigger picture for the “sport” as a whole and just want to start a discussion. Thx.)”
The debate is interesting and many other CrossFit Games athletes have voiced their own opinions on the matter. Check the comments below on his insta post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsyWcBFhhcy/
What do you think?
Image Sources
- Ben-Smith: Crossfit Inc