Bishwhat wrote:
Not my problem you can’t afford it
Idiotic.
What kind of statement is that! I can afford $30.00 for a gallon of milk but would not pay it if everybody else pays $3.00. Would you pay $30.00 to enter a grocery store simply because you can? Hardly.
I have too many internet based subscriptions already for movies, music, etc. I refuse to add another, that being Flotrack.
NCAA Championship races should be free.
Plus the bad attitude of the employees of Flotrack just turns me off.
Whoopsies wrote:
It may not be the ideal set up but too many people seem hell bent on complaining rather than fixing it.
Main problem, alls people do is complain, letsrun should start their own streaming so we can watch every meet and race free
Quite the opposite. Flo Track is increasing the value of the sport by charging reasonable fees and paying TV announcers and camera workers $150 per day. It's not much money but it's fine for recent grads working their way to ESPN and FOX.
Jerry Maguire wrote:
I stopped watching Flotrack 3 years ago when they started charging.
Look at what other sports channels do. Has anyone watched GCN? free and they probably bring in WAY more money than flotrack.
If flotrack was around $5 I would probably do it. But it's a total ripoff and the content is not worth it. Find most of the presenters terribly annoying. Only good thing they had going for them was Ryan.
Alex Lohr and Meg Bellino were also really solid. They knew what they were talking about.
The problem with FloTrack is that it is in it for $$, not the sport. They are a business, so you can't fault them, but they treat the sport cheaply, instead of professionally.
For the vast majority of meets, Flotrack tries to get the rights of the meet in exchange for publicity of the meet. Only meets like the NCAA and other big ones do they pay for the rights, and the majority of meets, it's a pittance.
What they are doing is making their money off the backs of athletes, the parents of athletes, and fans. They get a free HS meet, knowing that all of these parents are going to pay $ to watch their sons and daughters. They know the hard core track nerd is going to pay to watch videos of all of their favorite pro athletes.
If meets ever realize their value, or if pro athletes realize their value and start demanding compensation, Flotrack is in trouble. They are preying on the fact that pro athletes and most track meets are amateur productions.
Think about it. All of the content besides meets is provided by segments on elites or interviews of elites. Yet, the elites aren't compensated for views that turn into $ from advertising.
A couple years ago, the reps of the Track and Field athletes association asked FLotrack for free membership for Pro athletes who gave interviews with them, Flotrack said no. They didn't want to give away any interviews.
That's why I hate Flotrack, they are all about profit for themselves and they aren't about the sport. They take advantage of the lack of professionalism of running and track, instead of giving athletes, meets, etc. their fair share.
Looks like the FloTrack folk are out in numbers posting on here today. Check every thread about them; suddenly there's people posting stuff like the above. They even did their own post, pretending to be someone asking questions about their "excellent" service and the "excellent" things they are planning in the future.
FloTrack people - you don't fool people by doing this, and only make yourselves look insecure and disingenuous.
Here's the ridiculous thread where they pose as someone asking questions. Not that obvious, right?
Bishwhat wrote:
Not my problem you can’t afford it
Posted the NCAA troll.
Flotrack shills wrote:
Careful guys, just a bunch of shills. flotrack still sucks. dont support it.
At least those shills have money unlike you.
pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
Bishwhat wrote:
Not my problem you can’t afford it
Posted the NCAA troll.
Posted the broke, unemployed loser.
pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
Bishwhat wrote:
Not my problem you can’t afford it
Posted the NCAA troll.
And the reason the sport is doomed to marginal interest, at best.
NCAA is okay with that.
I wonder if SlingTV would negotiate with FloTrack about adding the FloTrack stream as one of the channels in the add-on packages. Could increase revenues for both as well as extra subscribers for both, and probably lower costs for the consumer...maybe, but I don't know much about that stuff, except the are some pretty darn obscure channels already on SlingTV.
Sounds like a great business proposition
Hardass boomer wrote:
Why don't you try boycotting being broke and unemployed?
Why not boycott LetsRun instead?