IAAF provides free streams for their indoor and outdoor events, but USATF likes to rip off its fans and supporters.

You mad, bro?

100% agree and thanks for calling them out.

As a USATF member, I want to know where that money is going and I want a vote among members whether streams should be free or paywalled.

Appreciated the IAAF coverage for sure. As far as USATF....If you don’t have something nice to say....

kmaclam wrote:

Appreciated the IAAF coverage for sure. As far as USATF....If you don’t have something nice to say....

Send them an angry e-mail?

It's maddening. And then ,on top of that ,you can only log in on one device at a time per account.

I enjoy track and field. I'm a serious runner, but I have to subscribe to a platform if I want to see the majority of track and field events in the US?

Also, replays or videos of their events are not allowed on youtube. However, I can go to IAAF's youtube page and re-watch track and field events.

It really is quite frustrating.

The USATF board is only good at lining their own pockets.

I only want to inject a thought here. Not affiliated with runnerspace or usatf and I can't say I really support either...

BUT I can empathize with runnerspace because whether or not you appreciate his work he does do work and for a long time he did it for free.

USATF should probably just pay him a salary. But my guess is the subscription service pays both athletic.net and runnerspace something so that they can breathe a little easier. These are labors of love not of profit and you people are a very tough crowd to get money from.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

With IAAF events, we get to watch the WORLD's best athletes. The fastest athletes on the planet compete in their races, and we get to watch those races for free. Dibaba, Yomif, Hassan, etc.

However, with USATF, we get to watch a few class american runners, but the rest are sub-elite, and we have to pay to watch the events. I don't get it. I really don't

Even in Great Britain, they televise track events for free. There is no charge. Now, every resident has to pay a TV license to watch TV , but that's only 147.00 a year, and there is no other charge on top of that. Hell, most people in america are paying 30.00 or 40.00 a month for just basic cable.

We can watch runners break WR and set WL for free, but we have to pay to see american runners run slow times.

funny stuff.

Millrose was on network TV for two hours. That's as free as it gets.

You know the board doesn’t get paid, right? Not sure what they’re lining their pockets with.

YMMV wrote:

The USATF board is only good at lining their own pockets.

Commoditization is an American value. If a present value cannot be calculated for it, it isn't worth doing.

lazy fare wrote:

100% agree and thanks for calling them out.

As a USATF member, I want to know where that money is going and I want a vote among members whether streams should be free or paywalled.

It's pretty ridiculous. They want to popularize track, but then put their biggest performers behind a pay wall. Silly.

I would watch many more events if it was a nominal pay per view fee or purchase of an annual package like they used to do with Diamond League. I don’t want your stupid monthly subscriptions.

We also don't believe healthcare is a right, so this hardly shocks me

Millrose isnt a USATF meet...

Sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:

Get real, whiner wrote:

Millrose was on network TV for two hours. That's as free as it gets.

Millrose isnt a USATF meet...

It's part of the USATF Championship Series.

I totally agree, watched the replay of indoor 1500m where Iguider clipped Manangoi, Manangoi fells, and Iguider tripped over him - all in a blazing fast last lap. That kind of action between (likely) the premier 1500m and a name stay/veteran of the 1500m in JANUARY is unprecedented, and FREE! Crazy to think I have to pay $50 on MileSplit to watch kids break 5:00 on flat 200m tracks.