Last month, I wrote that the bid which had the spectator experience and a sustainable future for the Olympic Stadium at its heart was the only clear-cut choice. As it turned out, the Olympic Park Legacy Company disagreed and placed the future of the stadium in the hands of West Ham.

The East London football club's bid to occupy the £537 million ($836 million) Stadium, incorporating a running track permanently in place around the football pitch, succeeded crucially because of the commitment to 20 days of "top class athletics" per year.

This legacy promise stirred the emotions, both politically and amongst a tax-paying public, many of whom only knew that the alternative was a proposal to knock down the Stadium and start again.

West Ham certainly won the battle of hearts and minds, that much we know. But surely, a decision as important as this wouldn't have been based on emotions would it? Why haven't we been told the actual criteria used by the Olympic Park Legacy Company and its Board to make this informed commercial decision?

In her recent open letter to the Evening Standard, Karen Brady gushed her thanks and promised that once the legacy is entrusted to West Ham, they will not let anyone down. I'm sorry Karen but you are sure to let someone down.

If West Ham remove the track in the long-term because their supporters complain about being too far from the action on the pitch, Brady will have massively let down UK Athletics, Lord Coe and every misty-eyed supporter of the legacy dream.

If they don't remove the track, then the English Schools championships, South of England senior and junior championships and the Newham and Essex Beagles' British Athletics League meets will be watched in a mostly empty stadium. And it will be the football supporters who will feel let down.

Is there even a plan in place to bid for European and World Championships in the future? Without one, Brady and UK Athletics will be letting the whole sport of athletics down on this promise of "top class" sport.

Refurbishing Crystal Palace with an Olympic track and creating a sustainable legacy for all of the UK's world-class athletics facilities including Glasgow, Sheffield and Birmingham should have been the promise. Without a 2012 legacy plan in place for existing athletics venues, they too will feel let down as London again will be seen as the focus for Government.

Karen Brady has successfully helped to keep the promise of the 2012 Bid team. It's time to stop playing with everyone's heart strings and start thinking seriously about how her subsequent promises can be kept.

David Hornby is the former commercial director of Visit London and was a member of the technical team for England's 2018 World Cup bid