Big picture... wrote:
The sport is sinking. And that's a fact, Jack.
If this is true, what does the future look like?
Track meets and road races where people race for prize money from local businesses? Honestly more fun than watching pro teams time trial and duck competition most of the time. But way riskier for athletes.
These people would work at least part time and pick up minor sponsors. Less success at the Olympics, more focus on social media.
Overall a unstable and less financially rewarding path, and less success on the international stage. Boomers lambasting social media influencer runners, ignoring the fact that the economy they run forced people to take that direction or quit running.