Katrin Davidsdottir boycotts CrossFit over CEO scandal – post-George Floyd tweet leadership change not enough
- Katrin Davidsdottir says Greg Glassman standing down as CEO is not enough after controversial George Floyd and Coronavirus tweet as he still owns CrossFit
Katrin Davidsdottir has turned her back on CrossFit, following the scandal that saw founder Greg Glassman stand down as CEO.
The change was purely cosmetic, in Davidsdottir’s opinion, as Glassman still owns CrossFit.
“I AM OUT,” the two-time champion of the CrossFit Games posted on Instagram on Saturday. “I will not be competing in the 2020 CF [CrossFit] Games. And until further changes have been met, I will not represent this sport.”
Last week, Glassman tweeted “It’s FLOYD-19”, referring to George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, and the Covid-19 pandemic. He was replying to a tweet from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation about racism being a public health issue.
He went on to explain: “Your failed model quarantined us and now you're going to model a solution to racism? George Floyd's brutal murder sparked riots nationally. Quarantine alone is “accompanied in every age and under all political regimes by an undercurrent of suspicion, distrust, and riots.” Thanks!”