Didn’t Lyles almost loose to a YouTuber a little while back? A Mr. Beast challenge?
50 meters would tell you who’s the quickest, not the fastest. It shouldn’t be that big of a challenge to beat him, but to the masses, it does make him look like he’s ducking.
Lyles reminds me a lot of Floyd Mayweather. very good at self promotion, very good at being a personality… wins… but will never be the goat, no matter how much he tells you he is.
Who would watch it? I asked before whether it was going to part of a meet or have 30 minutes dedicated to the one event, but didn’t get answer.
Lyles is clearly the better sprinter and if for some bizarre reason Hill wins, Lyles will still be better.
Many people would watch it. I mentioned earlier that their plan was to hold the race in Times Square, but they could broadcast it as a standalone event from any track in the country, and it would generate a lot of interest. After the race, the video would probably be aired on ESPN SportsCenter.
For reference, the stream of the Lyles vs IShowSpeed race got 3.2 million views on YouTube:
It was only going to be a 50-meter race. I think the point was fun and promoting the sport. I love the intention they had to hold it in Times Square. A race between the Olympic champ and the NFL's cheetah at a well-known place like that would have received more interest and attention in the U.S. than any Diamond League or Grand Slam Track meet. A huge opportunity missed.
Not even, 50 yards
50 yards makes it an interesting race. A 10.1 vs a 9.8 in the 100m would be an uneventful blowout. The outcome is obvious before the race even happens. Lyles basically jogs a 10.1.
the bottom line is all you guys don't know nothin'....what the hell difference does it make why...I didn't want too! If he is hurt we will know very soon as the USATF approaches.
the bottom line is all you guys don't know nothin'....what the hell difference does it make why...I didn't want too! If he is hurt we will know very soon as the USATF approaches.
Why even pay attention to the world if prima Donna sprinters or wide receivers of American football? Lyles just needs to know when to keep his mouth shut. Why talk about something that was going to happen? Was he trying to get ahead of it? Is he making it seem like he was all in for it to happen? How do we know that the personal issues aren’t something serious and the pseudo real world of social media is piling on? Track is better than this corny stuff. Imagine the Eagles getting challenged by a flag football team about having to set up a pick up game and espn covering and people thinking football really needs this type of exhibition. What a joke.
It's probably more like rather than being scared he realized the guy can only run 10.1, and a 9.8 runner doing a hyped up one on one bragging rights race against a 10.1/10.2 runner is just silly. That wouldn't even ben bragging rights for Lyles, there's dozens of sprinters who would offer better competition, hell there's a current HSer who would completely smoke the football player.
Also didn't Lyles race some youtuber a year or two ago. He jogged part of the race and smoked that guy and that guy went around saying he tied or even beat Lyles after the race. Lyles was probably like that was dumb and why would he deal with that sort of BS again.
Lyles is "off." He's a nerd and a bozo. I'm not sure how he got through life as a superstar athlete with the personality of a spectrum-y anime nerd at a Silicon Valley sausage fest, but that's him. Sheltered, pampered, Gen Z weirdo. Hopefully Kenny B and Tebogo can take him off the map. All he does is make the sport look worse and worse.