 On the other hand, Bailey, the winner of the Canadian Press' athlete-of-the-year award, was unhappy over receiving zero votes for the Associated Press award (by comparison professional wrestler Ric Flair got two votes in the AP vote) and publicly voiced his displeasure.In response, American magazine "Sports Illustrated" ran a small article headlined "Bailey's Fine Whine", ripping the sprinter for his complaints to which Bailey fired back in the Canadian media while also receiving plenty of support from the country's print media columnists.Amid continuous verbal sparring between the pair of athletes, a made-for-TV, 150-metre race at Toronto's SkyDome was scheduled for Sunday afternoon, 1 June 1997.