I’m sorry guys. I can’t watch anymore Grand Slam Track. Here’s what.

Honestly... Your loss bro.

I have more track to watch now, I don't have to scroll insta or youtube to find stuff I want to watch.

It's nice and accessible on Peacock, and it's FINALLY something different. High stakes, high performers, and most importantly, our athletes are finally getting PAID more.

So, go ahead, don't participate. But don't go complaining when the only thing you have left to watch are BU meets, Diamond League, and World Championships.

The money is not ticket sales, not sure why everyone here seems to think that. It is all wrapped up in tv rights, sponsorship, and advertising. You are not covering expenses with ticket sales no matter how you slice it. For sure GST will need additional investment to make it past 2 years. That should be expected. At that point the prize money will go down to a more sustainable level. It is just like any business, Uber was way over paying drivers for the first couple of years to get off the ground. Anything successful these days will be burning cash the first several years.

I watch it on replay and ff to events. The races are fun to watch.

Reminds me of American Gladiators. First season was tough to watch, and later seasons never escaped feeling a little contrived, but you got to see great athletes pushing the limit in events outside of their specialty.

What I'm saying is, season two needs more roids, spandex, and the possibility of being tackled on the home stretch.

Track is unique because it’s federated by events. Like tbh a distance nerd doesn’t really care about 100mH that much, and vice versa.

It’s a tough job to get track to that big level of exposure. I don’t know the whole thing around GST but just the fact they are having people compete in different and multiple events is kind of exciting.

It’s possible, at least for mid distance, that being less than 1 year after an absolutely epic 2024 Olympic cycle — there is a bit of an excitement refractory period.

It's the XFL.

I applaud their efforts. For decades no one has created a successful format that generates revenue for track and field outside of the Olympic cycle. A couple of thoughts:

I dont mind the slow times. Put yourself in their shoes, its not easy to win when you lead the whole race. Gaming out the best strategy adds an exciting real life dilemma.

I like seeing racers run different distances than they might normally run

Its too much commentary. There just isn't that much to say. They need to cut out more than 50% of the chatter. I just fast forward through the entire initial part now.

I think you should add that it feels like only people citius has glazed in the past make it into the event. Although the guys in the 8/15 grouping this time were a little different. Some of the people that have made it in make literally no sense like CPT Or Sam Atkin. Like they have run well but you’re saying the best races the best and we have two guys who ever never come close to the global stage. I get filling the field but you really can’t find anyone else??

I appreciate the fact that there’s competition to the diamond league I just wish that there was a way to make it more inclusive and we knew for a fact WHY people were getting into the meet. If you’re saying the fastest race the fastest don’t put in people who’ve run mid marks this year. George mills was a great add btw someone to keep it honest. I think they should focus on racing personalities and get people who want to take it out hot vs people who sit and kick. Where tf is Stewy when you need him.

Listening to Johnson talk after Miami, so much disingenuous stuff in there, claiming that this format 'produces races that go to the wire...get you off your feet'. Also still going with 'the best of the best' lol.

Exactly the same here in the UK with TNT Sports. It was on too late for me to watch live in any case, but recording and fast-forwarding is the way

It's fine. The sprints have been great! I agree with people not liking the mention of the prize money so much. The viewers don't care. We just want to see races. I like the runners doing off events as well. They really just need to tighten the broadcast to 60-90 min. If there is no doubling on the same day. Races should all be within a few minutes of each other. Get rid of the filler.

Not reading any post that has problem in the first 4 words.

There is no problem, other than people complaining for no reason. Make your own league if you know everything.

I'll continue to watch but the broadcast needs to stop trying too hard. The format is unusual. The camera angles shouldn't be. That 12.17 in sprint hurdles was a shocking number because they brainstormed to show the entire race live from an overhead drone. That meant no chance to gauge how fast they were going.

Then it got even worse during women's distance. Flying the drone through the grandstand? Seriously? I had to look away every time. That type of thing activates my motion sickness, which is severe.

I attended the Pro Swim Series meet in Fort Lauderdale instead of Grand Slam Track. It was an awesome decision. My ticket was $17. I got to see two world records, one from Katie Ledecky and another from Gretchen Walsh. All the other stars swam that night, incuding Leon Marchand. Plus the venue was one block from the beach so I combined the met with an afternoon at the beach.

The visuals at Franklin Field are going to be a disaster, similar to Kingston if not worse.

Chavez did a great job. The commentators are raving about Michael Johnson for 3 hours because that was the primary purpose of this venture.

I like watching the World Championships more than the Olympics.

The problem with T&F, is that athletes have too much freedom and viewers don't get what they want because of this. I just don't understand how MJ can sit back and watch Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominate races against C-level competitors when viewers want to see: Paulinho, Gabby, Nasser and SML in a match up! This should have been the central theme of GST, marketing this match up across all 4 slams. Give the viewers what they want, and bums on seats will follow. MJ needs to take control and follow the UFC model - set the matchups himself and don't leave it to the athletes. Same with Grant Fischer - put him in the 1500/800 group and let him slug it out against Kerr, Nuguse, Hocker - why persist with races that have no value. Just control the match ups, and the rest will fall in place....

Its hillarious how one of the main selling points of the American league is how much money the athletes get with their participation trophies, while the European league is all about making track and field history. Mirroring the stereotypical view of the old and the new world.

If you think the most important is to watch people cash out big time you should check out the Powerball draw!

The TV coverage is SHOCKINGLY bad. I can't tell where on the track they are. The splits are hilarious. I never knew I needed a split at 2,500m in a 5K.