Official Grand Slam Track Day 2 Thread + Live 1500 show at 7:45 ET & post-race show at 8:45 pm ET

listen up pal wrote:

ransolo wrote:

It helps a great deal to figure out who is a bigot. Clue: Not Hiltz.

of course hiltz is a bigot? huh? have you missed her public comments on trump/politics etc? she's a deranged, judgmental bigot. and so are you by the sound of it

isitmeor? wrote:

well they announced yesterday that HS students would get free admission today and Sunday.

MJ "our meet is a failure getting people in the seats go give away free seats, beg people to come in"

wejo wrote:

Ok. I’m posting this without seeing any comments. Just want to pose my comments fresh .

It seems to me the doubling format is no special sauce. 1) they don’t have any way to show you quickly who won the “slam” with graphics etc

2) each race is half as important because of the format not more important. in the women’s 1500 I did pay a little more attention to see if Hiltz finished 3rd or 4th but that actually didn’t matter.

3) the women’s hurdles just finished. I’m now supposed to care who might be better at 100 than the actual race they all focus on?

if they want to do event groups fine. give $50k for each event wins maybe give a $25k bonus for the overall winner if they want.

FatSlowOldGuy wrote:

Wise Old Man wrote:

Things seem a little bit higher energy today.

Hurdles are killing us. Rather see Crouser try the discus or have Mondo do the triple jump than see these hurdle/sprint combos.

Not a great example since crosser holds the hs record in the discus not the shot

rojo wrote:

Are they not going to talk at all about what is going on in Jones' life with Xavier Worthy?

ransolo wrote:

Sure, I'm the same sort of bigot too. I would have wanted nothing to do with those who supported Hitler in Germany, or Stalin in the Soviet Union, or Putin in Russia...

Woman wrote:

listen up pal wrote:

of course hiltz is a bigot? huh? have you missed her public comments on trump/politics etc? she's a deranged, judgmental bigot. and so are you by the sound of it

‘Their’ lack of support for a rapist does not make them a bigot. It makes them principled.

Big_IPA_Guy21 wrote:

Glad to see Prandini run so well again

listen up pal wrote:

ransolo wrote:

It helps a great deal to figure out who is a bigot. Clue: Not Hiltz.

of course hiltz is a bigot? huh? have you missed her public comments on trump/politics etc? she's a deranged, judgmental bigot. and so are you by the sound of it

mikehammer wrote:

This is just like diamond.league without all that atmosphere and entertainment

Not close wrote:

snowflakes wrote:

Exactly. If you don’t even have the three biggest stars of the sport right now (Jakob, Lyles, Duplantis) then this league won’t be any better than the diamond league and it is worse.

Jakob is not even close to being a top 3 star in the sport.

Sydney

Athing is still more popular

Lyles

Duplantis

Grant Holloway

Shacarri

Rai

Gabby Thomas

Probably a few more

someone who knows how the world works wrote:

isitmeor? wrote:

well they announced yesterday that HS students would get free admission today and Sunday.

MJ "our meet is a failure getting people in the seats go give away free seats, beg people to come in"

You don't understand marketing.

This is the first meet and the appearance matters. Fans in stands makes for a good look. Empty swaths of seating make for a bad look.

Even if the competitors and races are excellent, this matters.

Of course it is a good idea to give away tickets if that brings some people in. Hell, they should pay people if they have to.