Got an email from the editor of Hungarian Eurosport and they were discussing the possible changes to the long jump and then just started discussing other ideas.
Apparently a 1500m steeplechase came up.
Video below with English subtitles.
I just searched and have it set to start at the 1500m steeplechase part:
I thought we figured out the solution to all of track's problems twenty years ago.
waiting on the Messiah wrote:
I thought we figured out the solution to all of track's problems twenty years ago.
We got a Valby
Another solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
How about 800m hurdles?
How bout something wild like a 4x100m hurdle relay. Not a shuttle hurdles but a 4x1 with hurdles.
malmo wrote:
Another solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
Agreed. This must be the year of awful ideas for track and field:
I’m not sure which idea is the worst. I hate them all.
Honestly, one fairly simple way to increase interest, or sustain interest in between events/meets, is to do like the NCAA or ESPN or whoever just ran the brackets for March Madness
Create an app anyone can download. List the competitors in each event. Allow viewers to do anything from picking the winner, top-3 or even first through last. Keep track via the app where each viewer is in terms of their pick accuracy. Can be done for a single meet or the entire season.
It doesn't even have to be for money. People just like to make predictions and see if they are better at it than others. Make it bragging rights only if need be.
These sorts of things are done in every major sport. It's not rocket science.
Cross country in the winter Olympics. It would be so cool for the sport to be an Olympic event of its own. And I think fans would find the team dynamic interesting.
The other event that would be cool would be adding the DMR. How amazing would that be??? Its one of the best events.
Blank231 wrote:
The other event that would be cool would be adding the DMR. How amazing would that be??? It’s one of the best events.
DMR is such a dumb event. I’d add 4x800 for a distance-centric relay.
How about just competently marketing the events we already have?
When I was a kid, David Blaine held his breath underwater for 17 minutes and a PR team turned it into an absolutely massive spectator event. You're telling me the same kind of hype machine couldn't host and market a 1500m race that would get the public's attention.
There's nothing wrong with the events that currently exist. We just f#cking suck at marketing them.
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