SAD NEWS Usatf / Nike just canclelld the NYGP due to controllable financial losses from WC22 and OT24 at the Eug Hayward jokeI

I'm starting to think track at the Olympics is going to be a crap show. Hopefully USATF isn't involved in that in any way. They constantly are losing big meets, nickle and diming hosts of USATF championship road races when they do actually happen, haven't put together a schedule for world xc next Jan, etc. Its obvious that Max Siegel's epic salary is hurting the organization. They are destroying the sport in the US so one man can have an epic salary.

We can't take days like this and survive as a viable sport.

Absolutely nothing in the title of this post is accurate or makes any sense.

The what? Grand Prix? There wasn't any info online about it for this year so I figured it wasn't happening. Unfortunate.

Many try to blame Nike and Max but I think we have a cheap public that spends $Trlilions on Hollywood Pro Leauges like the NFL, PGA, MLB, etc. but only spend a few $million on T&F. You always hear little figures like $30M for GST and massive figures like the Yankees $1Billion payroll for 2025.

Statement from USATF

usatf.org

USA Track & Field | USATF Statement on 2025 New York Grand Prix Cancellation

Link:www.usatf.org/news/2025/usatf-statemen...

What killed Nike was the ObamaCare era funding for data science. Now geographers instatanly correlate Electric Util, Water Company, ISP Traffic, collected Sales Taxes, airline fligts, sewage flows, Air B N B, hotel stays, etc. against Track Town USA's seat sales claims.

USATF doesn't organize the event, but they'd be happy to nickle and dime the actual event organizers. They won't be able to help the meet - meets exist to funnel money to USATF for the CEO's epic salary and posh hotel stays for other USATF execs, not to have track & field in the US.

Who wrote this? Is there an English translation?

"Our domestic calendar is strategically designed with depth and flexibility, ensuring that elite athletes have consistent, high-quality, competitive platforms throughout the season. USATF remains committed to supporting elite athletes by actively securing viable alternatives and will continue working with our partners to maximize opportunities across the US track and field landscape."

That's interesting. I would have assumed it was totally organized by the USATF NYC contingent, as that has been the appearance the past few years. That's a good thing, as they know what they're doing way more than most.

Do they know what they're doing? Because there is going to be no meet this year. Someone messed up epically.

And now it definitely looks sillier that there’s no pro meet in NYC in the late spring/summer at all, GST or otherwise. I suppose there is Athlos. This was a good meet, not as good as Millrose but a solid Gold level meet with good fields and crowd. If GST makes year two, I’d assume they’ll angle to replace Jamaica with this and possibly Philly with a UK meet.

Based on the thread title, and your post itself…take a freakin breath and think haha how much did you have to drink?

Athlos is cool, but its post season. Most people want to watch athletes when they're at or nearing peak form, not winding down with a couple more meets for money after worlds.

Dude.

I thought they (Usatf nyc) locally organize and put on the event- boots on the ground production.

They wouldn't procure the funding.

They wouldn't reap the financial rewards either.

That would be the upper echelon of the org, where everything is bleeding out from.

Clearly, someone in the marketing dept.

A person (or a small group of people) is responsible for this. Let's hear the names.

So, everyone blames Eugene, saying meets need to move around, which I don't necessarily disagree with, yet NYC, the biggest city in the US, can't host a GP meet? Again, track is not very popular. It's unfortunate, but it's also reality in the US.

I guess I’m not sure of the economics of it. The NYC meets (both NYCGP and Millrose) fill up at high prices (Millrose) and decently high ones (NYCGP). I’ve seen plenty of Silver/Gold European meets that draw worse and appear to have cheaper tickets. So there’s apparently other inputs outside of popularity as far as the gate (sponsorships, stadium costs, other associated costs in the US).