Mr. Glassman had been hosting such calls for the last several months, to check in with gym owners whose businesses have been temporarily closed by government-ordered shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was a mistake, not racist but a mistake.” By Tuesday, nearly 1,200 gyms said they planned to disaffiliate from CrossFit. But before the tweet came the Zoom call, which was held with more than a dozen people, including gym owners and employees of the corporate office, known as HQ. “But I don’t think Greg Glassman said these things because he feels a need to defend those communities. I think this is what Greg Glassman thinks.”On the call, Mr. Glassman said he didn’t “trust” a member of the CrossFit community who had already begun to complain publicly about the fitness company’s relative lack of response to Mr. Floyd’s death and protests that resulted.

Source: New York Times June 10, 2020 01:27 UTC