CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman Reportedly Resigns After Backlash from Racist Tweet

CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman is reportedly out as the leader of the sport of functional fitness after several days of fallout from his racist tweet referencing George Floyd.

According to reporting from The Morning Chalk-Up, Greg Glassman will leave his position to be replaced by Dave Castro, current Director of the CrossFit Games, and Co-Director of Training, as the CEO of CrossFit. The company is currently losing support from its famously loyal community, with over 1,250 gyms dropping their affiliations, senior-level CrossFit staff resigning, and multiple partners and sponsors publicly disavowing Greg Glassman’s public comments about George Floyd’s death, his purported private emails and statements, the lack of diversity within the organization, and the company’s silence on the current social movements against systemic racism.

Castro, the man replacing Glassman, is a member of CrossFit’s old guard. He has been responsible, among other things, for programming the popular CrossFit Open and CrossFit Games. He hosted the first-ever Games in 2007 on his Ranch in Aromas, California, the location where the 2020 Games were scheduled to be held this year after public health measures forced them to be moved from Madison, Wisconsin. Given the unconfirmed nature of the reports, it’s unclear if Castro is a permanent replacement for Glassman or if he will only fill the role for an interim period.

Castro has remained noticeably silent about Glassman’s comments. The Morning Chalk-Up, however, re-shared a video related to the matter on Instagram: at an event in 2019, Castro was asked if there were any plans to add diversity to the roster. Castro notably dodged the question entirely, instead announcing the following day’s first event.

CrossFit, Inc. and Greg Glassman did not respond to requests for comment before the publication of this article.

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