Smartest on Earth wrote:
Both sports need to pare down events.
Swimming:
50m Free
200m Free
4x50m Relay
4x200m Relay
Get rid of all the strokes other than freestyle. Get from A to B the fastest. No one cares about getting there a slower way.
No one cares about anything over 200m. It takes too long and people lose interest. Stroke, stroke, stroke, flip, stroke, stroke, stroke, flip...boring.
Track:
100m
400m
4x100 Relay
4x400 Relay
I have a good idea let's have a race that takes about 10 seconds. Hey! Let's have another one that takes 9 seconds longer. WTF?
Get rid of the 200 and just have the 100m for drop dead sprint guys. It's ridiculous to have both.
And the hurdles and steeplechase. See swimming - get there fastest. If I wanted to watch equestrian, I'd already be watching the Boring Channel.
Get rid of anything over 400m. If you have to sit back, draft off of someone, and then kick the last 50m - get rid of it. Nothing is more boring than a bunch of guys jogging in a group playing grab a$$ waiting for the last straight away to run fast. Man up, stay in your lane and do your own work.
No 1500, 5000, 10000, marathon. If you have to take a commercial break during the race because your event is so boring and when you get back from commercial break nothing has happened, get rid of it.
Best post by far on this thread.