Stop running for free. No more IAAF meets for USATF. USATF has only pro meets foe elites.
Stop running for free. No more IAAF meets for USATF. USATF has only pro meets foe elites.
Except that the athletes are not employees of USATF the way the players are in the NFL, NBA, etc. It wouldn't matter if the USATF pulled out of the IAAF if they couldn't force their athletes to go with them, which is likely.
If some insane billionaire created a good pro league that offered contracts that paid better than the current system then you would attract top athletes. Until then athletes will keep doing what puts food on the table, which is going after shoe contracts and competing in the existing system.
Anyhow, good luck to Siegel.
Cregg Mustbeg wrote:
When they wanted a Director of Broadcasting, they scoured the country and came up with someone from...Indianapolis. That guy wasn't qualified for the job, couldn't do the job, and was allowed to leave quietly, leaving chaos in his wake.
When they wanted a CEO, they scoured the country and came up with someone from...Indianapolis. Someone who in his own words started his connection with USATF in 2009 (smells like "wasn't qualified for the job), can't do the job (by his own admission has not raised any new sponsors in the year he has been trying), so the only thing that remains is now long this latest Indiana Lap Dog will hang around before he quits or is fired - leaving chaos in his wake.
You don't start the process to 30 medals three months before the Olympics, and anyone who is dumb enough to think you do, really, really, really, shouldn't be in a job that pays in excess of $500,000 a year.
Who is the Director of Marketing at USATF? They don't have one.
I sincerely hope that the pessimistic side of my personality is going to be wrong on this one. But even my optimistic side is feeling slightly nauseous.
I could not agree more.
USOC relies on NCAA for their medal winners. UCLA, USC, Stanford, Texas, and Berkeley are the top five Olympic schools in the NCAA. USOC just writes the press releases.
1. Pull out of IAAF, cancel USATF participation in IAAF worlds, Diamond League, etc.
Agreed. Maximillian needs to establish a new league for elite distance runners, sprinters, etc. The old IAAF model is dead, confirmed by the recent Picky Bar logo atrocity.
If Max is going to make it as CEO he has to do something original for our sport and not keep us as peons under the IAAF Mafia. I mean look at the un-American conditions the Diamond League has USATF athletes under. The IAAF should be banned from the borders of the United States.
Seriously any USATF CEO is in a box because of the IAAF as relates to pro meets. How do you fix the Adidas Grand Prix or any of the IAAF sanctioned meets. I wish the IAAF had someone leading it who was more savvy.
Adidas at Mt Hood and Home Depot did not agree with IAAF terms and survived until the recession. Home Depot would not agree to pay bribes to IAAF bigwigs for IAAF World Cup 2006 at Carson. It's up to Max Siegel to bring back those meets and get USATF out of the IAAF altogether. Realize that USATF is the #1 T&F team in the world and with the Hollywood TV networks can start it's own professional international league. Together with Congress, USATF should move to ban the IAAF from the United States due to illegal trade restrictions on athletes.
You white racists are just jealous of home boy popping that big black bootay of .... ;-)
Check out this: http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2012/03/26/In-Depth/Clutter.aspx?hl=olympic%20sponsor&sc=0Look to the bottom of the page in the section where this quote is to be found:
SPONSOR RECALL
Repucom asked consumers if, over the past 12 months, they could recall seeing or hearing any sponsorship while watching a game/event on television. This would include signage on or around the field of play as well as any sponsored segments of the broadcasts, such as a halftime show or play of the game. Television commercials were not included.
The survey found that the highest sponsor recall on television was among NASCAR and NFL viewers. Here are the overall highlights:
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2012/03/26/In-Depth/~/media/F9705342373845A69B6CE6138B6001B9.ashx* Men and women
Note: Repucom, through its SponsorLink product, conducts an online survey each month among 1,000 sports enthusiasts. The results shown are for the January 2012-March 2012 waves.
Source: Repucom International
What this means is that the television exposure of the GREATEST TRACK AND FIELD TEAM ON THE PLANET, IN AN OLYMPIC YEAR has resulted in a sponsor recall efficiency below Women's Basketball and High School sports...
Better get busy, Max. How about instead of setting targets for the athletes, which you don't control, you set some targets which you do? I'll propose one: 3 in 2012! See if you can bring onboard as few as 3 new major sponsors this year?
eyes wide shut wrote:
Nice backgrounder , thanks.
We have to forget what the guy has done in the past , he will now be judged on everything he does from May 1st on. How he got the job , the boards lack of credibility , Millers BS excuses all history. Olympics this year is really to bed , sponsors , trials all but done.
What should we demand of Max and 1st steps ?
1. Get your ass out of the sky box at events and mix with the coaches and athletes and get a pulse on the sport.
2. Take notice of the ass kissers that will be chasing you around trying to hold on to their jobs/roles and judge wether they are capable or not.
3. Sit with the shoe company reps and see where they stand on the sport as they are funding many of the elites and events. They have a direct link to the consumer.
4. Talk with your major sponsors to see if they are getting what they paid for , do this without Hightower and crew.
5. Talk with the major marathon/race directors see how they are doing with the masses that are flooding their events in record numbers.
6. Talk with the media , ask what is it going to take to get your attention on a regular basis , not just every four years.
BTW , make sure someone in the USATF organization understands advance notice of 16 minutes of a press conference is simply not acceptable by any account.
Shoebacca wrote:
I doubt Siegel is the guy they romanticized filling the job. Realistically he is somebody with ties to the organization who can at least do some good immediately. Why is the necessary? Because the Olympics is in four months. Yes, four months. They needed somebody ASAP.
They can reevaluate after the Olympics whether or not this guy should continue and hopefully they'll have enough time between Olympic bouts to hire a new one if this doesn't work as hoped.
Whatever happens in London cannot be credited or blamed on him. It is 97 days out. What do you really expect him to be able to do?
I seriously doubt that had the position not been filled it would make one iota of difference in the performance of US athletes.
The US tax code is a bigger obstacle in bringing world class track and field to the US than a new stadium.
Soccer fans do not like being that far from the field either.
Maximus Siegel wrote:
Task List for Max Siegel:
1. Pull out of IAAF, cancel USATF participation in IAAF worlds, Diamond League, etc.
2. Start a T&F Pro League with HP & LDR only.
3. Start a T&F Pro TV Network. HQ in L.A.
Put down the pipe.
How does USATF leave IAAF---that would also mean an end to US involvement in the Olympics. Yeah, that would help the sport.
A TV network needs sponsors to pay advertising dollars or be popular enough to command high fees from cable/sat.
Pro league needs money.
According to a survey done by Georgia State students in the mid90s, NASCAR fans are the most brand loyal of any fans. If their favorite driver changes sponsors from say Tide to Clorox, they are far more likely to change as well.
I like a lot of runners, but I am not buying my running shoes based on what Lagat or Meb wear.
Task List for Max Siegel:
1. Pull out of IAAF, cancel USATF participation in IAAF worlds, Diamond League, etc.
2. Start a T&F Pro League with HP & LDR only.
3. Start a T&F Pro TV Network. HQ in L.A.
what is HP?
confused me wrote:
what is HP?
Probably High Performance (a branch of USATF)
To disassociate with teh IAAF is silly. In addition, USATF is in charge of the sport in the US from "cradle to grave". It's not just about the pros.
When they wanted a Director of High Performance & Sport Medicine , they scoured the country and came up with someone from...Indianapolis ;)Looks like the best of the best are within a couple blocks from USATF headquarters.
Colts fan wrote:
When they wanted a Director of High Performance & Sport Medicine , they scoured the country and came up with someone from...Indianapolis ;)Looks like the best of the best are within a couple blocks from USATF headquarters.
Isn't the director of High Performance Sue Humphrey?
I think the bigger issue is how much money was spent on a search committee and an outside advisory agency that came up with one of their own as the best choice, after what.... 18 months of work???
Colts fan wrote:
When they wanted a Director of High Performance & Sport Medicine , they scoured the country and came up with someone from...Indianapolis ;)Looks like the best of the best are within a couple blocks from USATF headquarters.
Actually that is Rob Chapman, PhD and he was Indiana U which is in Bloomington. You might want to do a little research to see his background. He could be very good in this position. (I think he already has been).