It’s like there aren’t any other athletes competing. She is doing the bare minimum and they’re over here obsessing over her. They always interview her over the other athletes and show her warming up. I could care less, I want to hear other athlete’s stories.
It's really annoying. Enough of Allyson Felix already.
I want her to retire so badly. I’m sure she’s a nice lady, but holy hell the coverage of any meet she’s in is cancerous.
Alot to do with her marketability, but a big part has to do with her being the most successful athlete in the history of the sport, all the big names get more attention.
The media likes to pound over and over, what they think will get them ratings. Sometimes this turns out ironic because the viewers are actually turned off by the excessivness of the narrative. You see this with race baiting by the media as well. They think stirring up racial division and narratives will cause outrage and emotional reactions, which is what they want. If the audience of viewers has an emotional connection, they are more likely to become addicted or compelled to watch the news. The news thrives off of human psycology and emotional tendencies. The media appalling and disgusting to do this but they only care about ratings/money.
It's a great story. Nike tried to push her out in favor for more burrito based athletes.
It didn't work.
paris2024hawk wrote:
Alot to do with her marketability, but a big part has to do with her being the most successful athlete in the history of the sport, all the big names get more attention.
Er, the media sells her as the most successful ever. Many will disagree
paris2024hawk wrote:
Alot to do with her marketability, but a big part has to do with her being the most successful athlete in the history of the sport, all the big names get more attention.
Most successful athlete in the history of the sport? She has one individual gold medal.
Felix is fine at least she a legit news story. What I hate is the announcers humping every Oregon connection. I don’t give a cr@p about the u of o or any, any Oregon athlete in a race.
5 actually but I should have said most medaled, she had the most total but i don't know how many are gold.
She went straight to the exit tunnel after the 200 semis. And then all of a sudden she’s being interviewed. NBC must’ve gone in there and retrieved her
paris2024hawk wrote:
5 actually but I should have said most medaled, she had the most total but i don't know how many are gold.
1 individual Olympic gold medal.
alphas only wrote:
I want her to retire so badly. I’m sure she’s a nice lady, but holy hell the coverage of any meet she’s in is cancerous.
u mad bro?
idontgetit wrote:
It’s like there aren’t any other athletes competing. She is doing the bare minimum and they’re over here obsessing over her. They always interview her over the other athletes and show her warming up. I could care less, I want to hear other athlete’s stories.
Think about every Olympics you've ever seen. Do you recall anyone getting a lot of attention because they are a generation or two older than their competitors? Do you recall anyone getting a lot of coverage because they have a long and storied career that is clearly coming to a close? Swimming, gymnastics, track. This isn't new or different. And just because you're complaining doesn't mean other people don't find it interesting. If it didn't work, in terms of ratings, they'd stop doing it.
Oh I was counting OG and WC medals but yeah she only has one individual Olympic medal.
Please - established brand, last shot, relatively new mother, story of perseverance, and on and on. Have you never watched network sports coverage before, especially of the Olympics and related events like the trials? It's all feel-good, sugary "human interest" stories like this. If there's an angle, they'll find it. And while hardcore track fans on Letsrun don't care, casual track fans and causal Olympics fans generally eat this stuff up.
I'm not saying I agree, but I understand and am hardly perplexed by the coverage.
idontgetit wrote:
Why does the media care so much about Allyson Felix?
cuz she's a 5 time olympian. Why, who do you are about?
coffee cup wrote:
idontgetit wrote:
Why does the media care so much about Allyson Felix?
cuz she's a 5 time olympian. Why, who do you are about?
And that - which is a huge thing I forgot to type. She not only has the human interest angle, but she's also a remarkably accomplished athlete. They want to follow her to see how her career ends.
alphas only wrote:
I want her to retire so badly. I’m sure she’s a nice lady, but holy hell the coverage of any meet she’s in is cancerous.
Cancerous?
Wow
paris2024hawk wrote:
5 actually but I should have said most medaled, she had the most total but i don't know how many are gold.
Phenomenal, I didn’t know that.
She deserves more recognition. Let’s enjoy her while she’s still competing, a national treasure.
OP seems angry, need a hug?