NXN 2021 Canceled

Thoughts on this:

I feel so bad for all these kids who work so hard to have this event canceled for a second time. On a side note, NXN only impacts a small amount of the XC diaspora. It's way more important to me that *most* kids get an opportunity for a normal season this year which includes state meets than it is that NXN goes off. Last year elites had opportunities to race. Nearly everyone else had their opportunities cut dramatically.

Footlocker should go off. I have a feeling it will be canceled but 80 individuals in San Diego in December is doable. Have all or most events be outdoors including the dinners and awards ceremonies. Weather should be nice. and MANDATE VACCINES FOR ALL COMPETITORS. No it's not infringing on civil liberties. Footlocker is not a regular part of any season. You don't want the vaccine? don't compete at footlocker nationals. simple.

Well friends, it's back to the year of the lord 2003 before NXN or NTN ever existed. Have fun out there.

Dog Trainer Elite wrote:

dccg wrote:

not their liability if everyone travels to regionals on their own dime. Flying them and hosting them is different.

BINGO! Happy to see that someone gets reality and not some emotional "Won't anyone think of the children?!" argument.

Actually "thinking of the children" is the rational argument in this scenario. The emotional ones are the germaphobes obsessed with bad PR or mythical "liability."

I wouldn’t be surprised if the top CA teams choose to go to Runninglane instead of the CA regional meet.

Runninglane held their meet last year when nothing else was going on in college or pros with fans. Nobody was vaccinated and nobody got Covid. They should advertise aggressively to the top ranked teams and to ranked individuals.

Lars Sqweebles wrote:

2600 bro wrote:

Antivaxxers destroying more things. What's new.

Assume you mean fearful vaccinated liberals ?

Exactly.

If anti-vaxxers are the problem just mandate vaccination for the participants in the meet. This has nothing to do with safety.

xczvzxcv wrote:

Pretend it doesn't exist and pretend 690,000 haven't died from COVID. But Nike makes decisions based on their bottom line. Don't be too surprised if a lot of other events get cancelled again as cases almost inevitably will rise in the autumn wave in November-December. We have had over 2,000 deaths a day again recently for the past few weeks and in states that really did not pay attention to the need for distancing, vaccination, and masks, the death toll has been very high. Florida alone has counted almost 13,500 COVID deaths now since August 1.

When are we supposed to be able to live our lives again? A full cross country season is going on now. Nike will still hold Regionals. Why is the national event so uniquely dangerous?

2600 bro wrote:

Antivaxxers destroying more things. What's new.

Wrong, maggot.

I am sure antivaxxers would like to go on with the meet.

You are the one destroying things. What's new.

Dew wrote:

2600 bro wrote:

Antivaxxers destroying more things. What's new.

Wrong, maggot.

I am sure antivaxxers would like to go on with the meet.

You are the one destroying things. What's new.

There a 5 threads about vaccinations on the first page. Can both of you go to one of those and have it out?

Democrats ruin everything good.

I know the situation is a let down for lots of people but having an unofficial national championship at RunningLane is pretty exciting to me. It is a fast course. Newbury Park can probably have an insane all time performance if they peak there.

NXN is unofficial also.

I attended a big invitational yesterday. Teams from at least five different states. Cool weather, sunny, blue skies, no masks. Although, I was a little disappointed that some teams appeared to have held top runners out, split their squads or only ran "B" teams, or just sent individuals. I would be interested to know more about the high school rules and athletic director opinions on split-squading. It truly does allow a team to be in two places at the same time. Do any other sports split-squad?

UNC wrote:

NXN is unofficial also.

Technically yes. Still, I think its safe to say for the past few years the teams that have won NXN have been recognized as the national champs until COVID at least. This has held up for team competition most of the time.

2600 bro wrote:

Antivaxxers destroying more things. What's new.

+675000

What would the advantage be to prohibiting the splitting of squads?

Last year during the height of COVID restrictions, teams across the nation had to get creative in order to give their kids opportunities. For instance, field sizes were intentionally shrunk - less runners in a race, less teams, etc. If you had a large team, it either meant few runners got to race, or your team had to attend more races at the same time. We definitely are still seeing these decisions still being made this season, even with less restrictions in place.

In the end, I would think that most AD's across the country support giving kids opportunities to run.

Well yes. And if most of the top teams go to Runninglane, people will consider the winner to be the national cham because there is no NXN. This is their chance. They need to market it hard as the national championship. Footlocker should partner with them instead of fighting them they could wipe out NXN.

CrispyChicken wrote:

I attended a big invitational yesterday. Teams from at least five different states. Cool weather, sunny, blue skies, no masks. Although, I was a little disappointed that some teams appeared to have held top runners out, split their squads or only ran "B" teams, or just sent individuals. I would be interested to know more about the high school rules and athletic director opinions on split-squading. It truly does allow a team to be in two places at the same time. Do any other sports split-squad?

Dumb to play these games in college and even more so in HS.

Being alive without living is pointless.

We are hosting a national championship team meet in Lubbock Texas on 11/20 for high schools that are 1,000 students or less for boys/girls. I am just blasting this email out to get the word out, so I am sorry if your school doesn't fit into that range. If you have a team or individual that might be wanting to compete in an event that is focused on smaller schools on a national level, this is the meet for you. We are looking to give the spotlight to the smaller schools that might get lost in the NXN regional/national meet system.

Milesplit Story -

https://co.milesplit.com/articles/299998/small-school-national-championship-xc-coming-this-fall

Official Small School XC Nationals meet information page -

https://lcuchaps.com/sports/2020/10/21/hs-cross-country-national-invite-information.aspx

Small School XC Nationals registration page -

https://tx.milesplit.com/meets/427993-small-school-xc-nationals-2021/info#.YTPwIIhKiUk