Why dont we set up another website and contribute all proceeds to elites? I think Letsrun makes approx 100k annually.
The brojos are a weight on the sport because they extract money from competitive running's fan base without contributing money to elite runners?
This seems inline with the brojos beliefs about business and running.
LR doesn't charge you $120 to play you some half assed Journey songs from volunteer bands either
Letsrun should host a professional race
They also didn't buy up existing websites that pay elites and then stop.
there is not such thing as bad publicity, they say...
they're really good at writing angry blogs.
Letsrun provides exposure to a sport that clearly needs it. There is a value there and whether or not you agree with the Brojos, they have clearly done more for the sport than nearly any other organization.
Hasn't LetsRun.com been the forum for the most libel action in our sport's history? More negative has come out of here than positive.
At least they aren't a bunch of brats with a video camera. demanding money like Marcus Floranus
riley stops wrote:
Letsrun provides exposure to a sport that clearly needs it. There is a value there and whether or not you agree with the Brojos, they have clearly done more for the sport than nearly any other organization.
So the BroJos have done more for the sport than the nyrr?
Or the Boston athletic association?
Or the nyac?
Or Nike?
I wouldn't know about / care about most elites if it wasn't for LRC. Surely that kind of exposure has some value, no?
riley stops wrote:
Letsrun provides exposure to a sport that clearly needs it. There is a value there and whether or not you agree with the Brojos, they have clearly done more for the sport than nearly any other organization.
lmfao
This is really priceless.
1. Letsrun contributes by providing free publicity to elites and running events.
2. Letsrun doesn't extract any money from "competitive running's fan base." They sell advertising to third parties. If the fan base wants to buy from those advertisers, then that's their choice.
There was another thread about competitor "let the market decide".
Plenty of other races are not giving back to pro athletes. What about Susan Komen races? How much of that money goes to pros? How much of that money goes to research?
What about the Nike Womens Half Marathon's that are popping up everywhere? Are they giving back to the elites? They're charging $175 entry after all.
There is a big market for obstacle races (though mudder, warrior dash, dirty something etc.), they're not giving anything back.
If competitor is to blame for anything, then maybe for being misleading and changing their policies, but there is nothing wrong with trying to maximize profits.
SAMSUNG doesn't invent phones to do good, they do it do they can earn money.
THIS is what America is all about.
Why doesn't letsrun sponsor some runners?
Really simple actually wrote:
1. Letsrun contributes by providing free publicity to elites and running events.
2. Letsrun doesn't extract any money from "competitive running's fan base." They sell advertising to third parties. If the fan base wants to buy from those advertisers, then that's their choice.
Road races dont provide "free publicity to elites"?
What does ruppie contribute to lrc?
My thoughts exactly. Start a race and put one of those money chambers that blows money through the air and only let the top 3 enter after the race. I'd like to see LRC actually put up some cash for this rather than trying to sabotage a race group that can do whatever they want to do.
Nobody charges you money to watch the Flotrack videos. You agree to pay Flotrack to watch them. Or you don't. Seems fair to me.
Mush wrote:
Letsrun should host a professional race
They did, it was called the LetsRun.com Old School Mile. Not for a few years though.