NEW TRACK League Drafting Pro T&F teams for NYC Phily Frisco & Portland?

Ato Boldon went to Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose; San Jose CityCollege, and UCLA.

Fan of the sport wrote:

Ato Bolton is from the SF Bay Area.

This idea Sounds like sprinters will be lowered in status to field and

distances. I doubt if the top Oly/Worlds medalists from the South East, Texas,

and Southern California will participate unless their sponsors throw in

additional appearance fees and bonuses.

I can't imagine this will be that interesting. How many runners per event? One or two heats of each sprint? A four team relay? The events that would be most interesting with shallow talent pools and team tactics, like the 10k (yes) will be avoided.

It's like the continental cup, which I thought was forcing team drama from nothing.

Remember the American Track League? It lasted one-and-a-half seasons.

I don't mind innovation. I do mind when someone says "this is the best model for track and field!" and then it blows up. If you're promise of showing the nation the "best" track and field is a disaster, then no one will give hope for legitimate track and field competition in the future.

The ONLY way TnF will be popular in America is if we put sythetic tracks on the infield of all horse tracks and have "Track" days where people can freely bet and drink while watching track and field. Have the mile where the little rabbit is set at 3:55 pace and let the runners go. Pure survival of the fittest and it'll be as exciting as it gets. This sport would go from a niche to mainstream within years and be way more popular than horse racing. Until then we just need to enjoy being a worthless dying sport in America.

Basically Nike athletes are obligated to run. The rest will not.

The men should wear speedos and run shirtless.

US Navy, Retired wrote:

The men should wear speedos and run shirtless.

Clerk wrote:

US Navy, Retired wrote:

The men should wear speedos and run shirtless.

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Signing bonus?

Will be very interesting what athletes sign up to be drafted. Many talk a great game about how they want more chances to compete in front of the home crowd and get on TV to sell their brand. Well here is the chance. Time to put up or shut up.

fun size wrote:

Will be very interesting what athletes sign up to be drafted. Many talk a great game about how they want more chances to compete in front of the home crowd and get on TV to sell their brand. Well here is the chance. Time to put up or shut up.

It will be the Merbers and Phoebe Wrights of the sport. Both in terms of quality, but the high media/social media presence that turns off many actual athletes.

Vin/Nike (as entities) will benefit more than all of the athletes combined. Based on what we've all seen, I can't see most athletes taking in more than $1k after expenses.

fun size wrote:

Will be very interesting what athletes sign up to be drafted. Many talk a great game about how they want more chances to compete in front of the home crowd and get on TV to sell their brand. Well here is the chance. Time to put up or shut up.

My money will be on Frisco. Just good karma with the Warriors in the same town.

Vin needs to assign do-nothing phony-jobs, fully re-imburse the 5-Star hotel costs, and gift 1st Class Airfare to big shots of USATF, IAAF, USADA, NYRR, BAA, WADA, USOC, IOC, NCAATF, etc. That'll make it just like the Diamond League, NCAA Championships, IAAF Worlds, and so on.

What meets will the track scouts be at?

I'd reunite the Dyestat kids in my first picks. Sowinski, Merber, Justin Frick and AJ.

Alberto should be the coach of the Eugene team!

Sounds like a great way to create an American "farm system" for T&F that provides a little bit of money and a possible stepping stone to the Diamond Leagues and Olympics.

$500K doesn't sound like a lot of prize money for the whole series when you're considering 36 athletes on each team and probably 4 meets with 21 events (3 sprints, 5 distance, 2 hurdles, 2 relays, 4 jumps, 4 throws, 1 decathlon as in NCAA). The prize breakdown might be $125k per meet, and then $6k per event, such as $3K for first, $2k second, $1k third, but that doesn't allow for team prize money. Granted, some could double dip on sprints or relays or such, but it doesn't sound like it's enough money to quit your job and do full-time. But it's a start.

Bad math.

There would be 42 events, male & female.

Maybe $1500 for first, $1000 second, $500 third? But that still doesn't factor in team prize money.