Track and field's version of Drive To Suvive on sprinters is happening, but without Sha'Carri Richardson?

Of course they will try to get Sha’Carri. They said they will be shooting footage at Budapest.

I'll be impressed if they have any interesting content at all

The best Formula 1 drivers race each other 20 x a year. Track runners duck each other all year and have instagram beefs.

Imagine following Athing Mu and Sydney McLaughlin around all year trying to get content and then they drop out of every race and skip the championship

this project is dead in the water without jakob.

Is he a sprinter now too?

I mean she isn’t overly fond of much of the media coverage of track and field, she probably just refused to be in it

They just did a great series on the TDF. No reason they couldn't do something similar in heading into an Olympic year. Use WC as the meet to establish a narrative, follow everyone over the next year, end with the Olympics. Boom. Great series.

Don’t forget that Drive to Survive made its mark without the big names agreeing to be interviewed/followed in the first season (or two?). Their formula, pun fully intended, worked doubly well because when it brought fans to the sport it taught them to follow the mid-pack and bottom-pack narratives and subplots, which is extremely nuanced for any fan let alone a new fan. if you bring a new fan to any sport and say this one guy/team has won 90% of everything for the last 8 years, you’ll struggle to engage them in “why to care”. Drive To Survive pushed multiple “reasons to care”.

Track fans know there are similarly amazing other reasons to care, and I hope any documentary avoids the trap of front-runner focus only. it’s already not looking great by being a sprinter focus to begin, but I guess they had to pick broad or narrow and they went narrow.

probably more subplots the more you increase in distance. The day when Abbot major marathon coverage realizes more shoe/entry buying hobby joggers would care more about video feeds and tracking of: that 1500m runner that’s incredibly crushing his first marathon, that YouTuber that is setting a personal best at the end of their 6 month video series, the best college runner in the field, the leading blue collar club runner, the leading junior, etc, etc. instead of 1.5 hours of the same three elites that broke away in the first 5 streets.

shoes? What other shoes?

Well, she is polarizing so at the very least she'll do something (good or bad) that will get people talking. She has said on multiple occasions that she isn't fond of the media so she may have been asked and she may have said no. I do not think she has represented the best side of American Track and Field. But oddly, on this board. But then again what I thought was the best of American Track and Field (Mu and Syd) has disappointed greatly this season. It is very interesting to see what version of Sha'Carri shows up next week. Lined up next to SAFP and Sherricka (who she has owned thus far this season) in the final in the 100m will be exciting.

Outside of runners, I have not met anyone who knows who Athing Mu is or Sydney McLaughlin. Everyone knows who Shacarri is

Yes it would be great to have her on the show. Yes she is polarizing as others have noted, but she's fast and a great performer. She makes the races interesting. She's one of our best sprinters, and we have many others too.

I'd argue they care way more about the front runners than the 80 year old running their 40th consecutive Boston or the random group of fans cheering with dumb signs.

The TDF show did not include the UAE team and Tadej Pagacar a 2 time winner and tour favorite. The team chose not to be a part of it.

If you look at the three athletes selected for the track show none have had a drug suspension (yes I know SCR as only for pot not a big deal) and by having Dina Asher smith you make it not all USA focused(believe it or not more countries than the USA have Netflix).

Playas need to get paid.

I’ve seen she & TT Terry being filmed by a professional crew on a few occasions(in pics and video on Instagram). As well as Aleia Hobbs. Now if they made the Final Cut, idk.

Rojo, maybe she'd be more media friendly if people like Gault didn't tweet disparaging remarks about her race clothing. Just trying to help

yeah, and learn how to spell, Rojo

She is 22 years old and #2 on the World 100m list this season. She's #7 all-time. Great athlete. I like her racing. I don't listen to any interviews.

Honestly? I bet Sha'Carri refused to do it. She probably didn't want somebody else profiting off of her likeness. Maybe she didn't like the deal and bailed.