Isn't that the point of Flotrack? Why are they skipping producing high school content to write college articles? Are they really that desperate for content?
Isn't that the point of Flotrack? Why are they skipping producing high school content to write college articles? Are they really that desperate for content?
This is not the first time this has happened. I remember a true proponent of distance running named Scott Bush out of Wheaton, IL. He was a co-head to the Midwest Distance Gala over a decade ago. He was trying to make a go at being the IL state milesplit guy, a national editor and an entrepreneur on the side with creating meets and whatnot.
Scott was likely analyzing a group of kids he identified with and then grew with them. So he started blogging about college more than high school.
What I am alluding to is you get what you pay for. Milesplit head Jason Byrne is still stuck under the notion that "I created a crappy php website in 2003 and should take half your state's earnings for myself despite you doing all the work."
So people like Scott Bush quit and others pass up on the opportunity because it is a rip off.
Scott Bush was good it was just a combination of him needing to make ends meat and growing with some kids that moved onto college.
Point is this person is at their last wits, doesnt want to pull all nighters and have the same broke ass coaches (many of them) check into his free stuff and never make a transaction.
The writers and milesplit state heads have a lot of passion. But they always end up getting ripped off for their toils and struggles to provide. Bound by the milesplit scheme as well as the cheapskate coaches who not only expect but demand things free. Thats why we lost good people like the original flotrack guys and scott bush.
FloSports owns Milesplit. Getting HS athletes immersed into the collegiate scene through a HS platform will only drive up their numbers.
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FloSports owns Milesplit. Getting HS athletes immersed into the collegiate scene through a HS platform will only drive up their numbers.
That's dumb. You literally have the parent company producing content for pro/college market. Milesplit is about high school. All you are doing is reducing the people that would go to Flotrack because now they will expect that content to be on Milesplit while also alienating people who go to Milesplit for high school content because they don't want to wade through college articles.
Hey, I don't know what the big deal is. Right now on Milesplit you can read the D2 Men's XC preview. We all know thats the real reason you go to the site, besides shelling out 30 bucks to watch to watch it. Come on man, you know you want to spend 30 bucks to watch that sweet D2 race.