THE RULE IS THE RULE: ONLY WHEN IT INVOLVES SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON?

ICHEOKU says does "the rule is the rule" reasoning given in justification of Sha'Carri Richardson's disqualification from the 2021 Tokyo summer Olympics for inhaling ordinary marijuana smoke, which is legal in so many States including Oregon, only applies to sports, particularly the Olympics. 

The current Defense Secretary was confirmed despite the "rule is the rule" which prohibits appointing former military officers as Secretary of Defense so soon following their disengagement from active service. Even Mad Dog Mattis got the same waiver as well. 

So how is Sha'Carri Richardson's case any different from these two men or is "the rule is the rule" not of general application or applies to sports differently from Defense Secretaries? If the "rule" was waived for both men, why was it not also waived for Sha'Carri Richardson? Has gender got anything to do with the disparate treatments and because she is a woman and a black woman for that matter? #LetSha'CarriRun.