BBC not planning to use Johnson in 2026 coverage
Contracted runners were promised lucrative prize money and salaries in the competition's inaugural season, but the final event was cancelled and organisers later voluntarily filed for bankruptcy in the US. Johnson has been a pundit and commentator for the BBC since 2001 but has not worked for the broadcaster since the Paris 2024 Olympics. After that he began to focus on his work with GST, and sources told BBC Sport there are no plans for him to appear on the BBC in 2026.
The Association of Athletics Managers, which represents a number of competitors, said in January that GST had debts of more than $30m (£22. 5m). Former world 1500m champion Josh Kerr was one of the British athletes invited to be part of the league, and legal documents filed with a bankruptcy court for the US district of Delaware claim he is owed $168,750 (£123,000).
Matthew Hudson-Smith - European 400m champion in 2022, and 2023 world and 2024 Olympic silver medallist - is owed $147,500 (£107,500). Daryll Neita - an Olympic silver medallist in the 4x100m in 2024 - is owed $28,750 (£21,000). Dina Asher-Smith - the 2019 200m world champion - is owed $24,500 (£17,850).
Speaking to BBC Sport, Olympic silver medallist Kerr said: "Of course I'm frustrated - I'm owed a lot of money. "In any business, anyone is going to be frustrated [with that]. I just don't particularly know right now where to push those frustrations and where they should sit.
"I don't think these are bad people. I'm standing with the people that I signed with. I think that they are good people.