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17 years ago 02/15/2007 12:24pm EST

What if they threw a World XC meet and nobody came?

Seriously, could they have picked a better nail to hammer into the coffin otherwise known as the popularity of XC and Track&Field?

This meet should have been held in downtown London, or Paris, or Rome. Build a 1k loop in the middle of the city and market the shit out of it.

No, the IAAF decides to put it where half the runners are scared to travel, and absolutely no fans will go.

Great idea.

Do you actually pay the people who come up with these ideas?

17 years ago 02/15/2007 12:30pm EST

re: Thinkerman

You do have a point, regardless of whether you think the athletes should go or not, the idea wasn't a great one.

We have the Olympics next year, and what better way to get people excited than to have a high-profile meet.

Like it or not, the majority of the public/press are not going to care about a running race in Mombassa.

If it were held in that park in the middle of Paris, it might attract some serious attention.

The USATF and the IAAF are really just big jokes. Could you imagine if an actual company were run in such a manner.

17 years ago 02/15/2007 12:35pm EST

re: Truthy

I really think the same person just posted twice there...

17 years ago 02/15/2007 12:40pm EST

re: motrc121

motrc121 wrote:
I really think the same person just posted twice there...

I think so to. Look at the sentence structure, odd spacing, and use of commas. Very similar.

17 years ago 02/15/2007 2:17pm EST

re: elementary my dear watson

Yeah, it was me.

What is wrong with the commas?

You guys are good.

17 years ago 02/15/2007 2:56pm EST

re: Truthy

The first one really ought to be a semi-colon.

17 years ago 02/15/2007 3:32pm EST

re: Thinkerman

Of course people are going to go. You're looking at it from one side. Kenya probably has way more XC fans than London does. Maybe less British and USA fans will go, but those are two countries, a lot more than that compete.

Kenya is one of the top XC running countries. I'm sure a lot didn't like running in the snow in Boston but that's just the way it goes, the world cross should change venues and not staying in one place,,,

FWIW I don't think it would be a hit with the general public in London anyway, people hate XC from school days.

17 years ago 02/15/2007 3:36pm EST

re: Truthy

Truthy wrote:
Yeah, it was me.
What is wrong with the commas?
You guys are good.

We are not "good", you are just painfully, obviously dumb.

You posted a thread and immediately responded to it yourself??

That's sad and pathetic.

(did I get the structure down right?)

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