Flotrack is officially hurting the sport

Can't blame them, Flotracks been in the gutter since way back.

Lighten up. We're a fringe sport that needs to be more inclusive.

Sounds like one of the bitter stooges from A Runners Eye...Justin Britton a 'former' member of the flotrack team, Is this you??

I don't care, that kick was BONKERS!!!!

Less serious not mo wrote:

Lighten up. We're a fringe sport that needs to be more inclusive.

How can you say it's a fringe sport? It is the marque event of the Olympics and one of the most popular sports in the world.

It isn't covered a lot on network TV and thank God because their announcing sucks even more than Flotrack.

The problem with T&F is simply marketing.

All of this high school kids should know who the stars are.

All of the recreational runners should know who the stars are.

Blame USATF for that lack of knowledge in this country.

Why do you even listen to the commentary if you have already predetermined what they should say? Also, do you know what cancer is (because it seems like you don't)?

ifyc wrote:

Also, do you know what cancer is (because it seems like you don't)?

can·cer (kansər) noun

a practice or phenomenon perceived to be evil or destructive and hard to contain or eradicate.

Example:

"racism is a cancer sweeping across Europe"

His use was completely correct. It seems you do not know what A cancer is.

Grammar jokes aside, that video was one of the most annoying ever. I remember watching that meet live and being disgusted with flotrack. They weren't commentating on the race, they were being "fanboys" of Mo. Very amateur video, and probably the point when I realized I would not be renewing my flotrack pro subscription when it expires. It really really isn't that hard to do a little research on a field of runners that you are given ahead of time. Only being able to talk about Mo (and specifically only about how he was waiting to unleash some huge kick) is childish and ABSOLUTELY not worth the money. Believe me, I was a huge fan of Flotrack Pro, but without Fenton behind the camera, their meet quality has gone way down, and now I will not be renewing.

Why do you even listen to the commentary if you have already predetermined what they should say? Also, do you know what cancer is (because it seems like you don't)?[/quote]

You really are simple arn't you?

My statement implied that I wanted to know more about the field, rather than listen to him repeat that mo was in front of the race 150 times. I expect the announcer to give me insight, rather than tell me what I can see clearly and simply with my own eyes.

What was the story of the NB runner who passed the pacer? Give me an idea on why he would be doing that. Is he having a breakout year? Does he surge early often?

I DID watch it all the way through, and while he was annoying and not very mature in his presentation I would not say his commentating rose to the level of "hurting the sport".

He talked like so many young people who grew up with social media (calling Rupp, "our boy"; talking about "celebs"; etc.). This was stupid and grating while you are listening to it, but only if every clip had a commentator THIS BAD would I say they are DRAGGING Flotrack down right now.

There is no way they are "dragging the sport down right now" since you can watch these types of race clips in different places and hopefully the other ones do it better, consistently better.

Agreed. Flotrack's new employees are just so annoying and childish. I hate Run Junkies and watching meets now because of them. The website is good, but they need to change their style back to the old Flotrack.

If there is a MAJOR problem in the sport, besides PED's, here it is:

bearbro wrote:

They have the rights to so many races .

Why oh why, in this age of technology, are exclusive rights being sold off, to the detriment of the fans? We could have better coverage of races with cell-phone users uploading their clips to an agglomerator site, offering the fans more alternatives of coverage.

swerve wrote:

Agreed. Flotrack's new employees are just so annoying and childish. I hate Run Junkies and watching meets now because of them. The website is good, but they need to change their style back to the old Flotrack.

I disagree completely - I really like Flotrack's sense of comedy and irreverance. It's a breath of fresh air and energy and youth.

Did you see those two music videos they did this year? XC's back and the all about the stache one?

go look them up - profesh done and they have a star in the meg bellino - as long as she has a script anyway.

so if you're reading this flokids - carry on.

agip wrote:

swerve wrote:

Agreed. Flotrack's new employees are just so annoying and childish. I hate Run Junkies and watching meets now because of them. The website is good, but they need to change their style back to the old Flotrack.

I disagree completely - I really like Flotrack's sense of comedy and irreverance. It's a breath of fresh air and energy and youth.

Did you see those two music videos they did this year? XC's back and the all about the stache one?

go look them up - profesh done and they have a star in the meg bellino - as long as she has a script anyway.

so if you're reading this flokids - carry on.

The reality flotrack are showing races nobody was showing before half the time, so people shouldn't complain about exclusive rights since before you couldn't even watch most races. I wish flowtrack was doing Footlocker because that was horrible.

here is the problem wrote:

Why oh why, in this age of technology, are exclusive rights being sold off, to the detriment of the fans? We could have better coverage of races with cell-phone users uploading their clips to an agglomerator site, offering the fans more alternatives of coverage.

Lol yeah sure all of those cell phone videos of concerts on YouTube look and sound so great.

in dreams wrote:

here is the problem wrote:

Why oh why, in this age of technology, are exclusive rights being sold off, to the detriment of the fans? We could have better coverage of races with cell-phone users uploading their clips to an agglomerator site, offering the fans more alternatives of coverage.

Lol yeah sure all of those cell phone videos of concerts on YouTube look and sound so great.

And some are absolutely great, so your sarcasm is misplaced.

agip wrote:

Did you see those two music videos they did this year? XC's back and the all about the stache one?

Their music sucks, always has sucked and always will suck.

I don't ever watch any of their videos that has any of their sucky music in it.

Overall, flotrack sucks, always has sucked and always will suck.

Flotrack is for fairies.

Don't slam FT please. FT has done a nice job since around 2006 but electronics has rendered FT completely obsolete today. They won't be around very much longer. Every sport is rapidily transitioning to social media and amazing video utilizing their own team staff and federation staff exclusively. The 'Near Death' the status of ESPN, NBC Sports, Fox Sports, etc. has already shaken up Wall Street investors. Small little fan websites and video libraries are going towards social media.