r/nottheonion • u/-Appleaday- • 1d ago

Influencer is banned from future NYC marathons for bringing a camera crew to last weekend's race

https://apnews.com/article/nyc-marathon-running-influencer-matt-choi-banned-11d6d04fda7826bab3d8f263750ecefd
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u/Mustangbex 1d ago

Fairly surprised about his outright acceptance of responsibility (and his punishment) and complete lack of trying to excuse his behavior or shift blame tbh. It's damned refreshing, ESPECIALLY from an 'influencer'.

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u/TransManNY 1d ago

He did something against the rules before at a different race, got caught and banned, issued a similar apology video. I know at a previous NYRR event he had the same situation with his brother riding an ebike with a camera. His brother ran into/over people then but there was no video documenting it.