runn wrote:
That was really great of them, since there wasn't already a national championship!
There wasn't. Did you ever see FL? There was no team championship. XC is a team sport at every level from modified to HS to NCAA to open to pro's at worlds.
It's a team sport and FL had the chance to include teams, the refused, so Nike went out on their own.
Good move Nike, bad move FL.
Actually there has always been a team championship component at every Kinney/FL, based on the runners' regional affiliation.
The reality is that XC is both a team and individual sport. If it is only a team sport as you, Limmer and the other Nike trolls constantly try to tell us, then please tell us why the NXN meets allow for individual qualifiers? Can't have it both ways there, chief.