How much money do you think Flotrack made off of Grant Fisher's sub 4

Observation wrote:

How much money do you think Flotrack made off of Grant Fisher's sub 4 at the Nike Festival of Miles? It (sub 4 attempt) was hyped to the max even though Fisher wasn't gunning for the time but rather a competitive field to run in and try and win. At $20 buck a pop (subscription) and the number of followers of HS running, I would guess ten's of thousands of dollars off of that one event.

Lots...

Given the number of HS track and cross country participants and the massive following that Fisher has - I would guess at least a bump of 4,000 new viewers nation wide for that one event.

More than I make in a year...

Beaucoup

$150,000

Probably not all that much since another high schooler already did it this year and that was free to watch. Yawn..

$359.38

Yeah, I have to agree here. Flotrack, Milesplit, etc charging for the "good" races is not good for the sport. Out of principle (being able to watch most big meets nowadays live, for free), I'm not going to pay. Most of my running friends feel the same way.The F'd up part is how I am unable to find another video of the race online. You telling me no one else recorded the race that day? Same thing with the MI state meet 800m/1600m/3200m. Where are they?

trollipop wrote:

Probably not all that much since another high schooler already did it this year and that was free to watch. Yawn..

I feel like Maton and Fisher both didn't receive the recognition they would have it their sub-4's happened any other year.

Maton's race was almost an afterthought due to his age.

Fisher raced on possibly the worst day of the year (the day after the BBC article/documentary about NOP broke). If the meet was streamed FREE online, he probably would have received more recognition.

Both kids have bright futures and as Fisher said, they'll see plenty of each other in the next few years.

For MI D1 State meet, may have to make a free acount but it is free and not hard

The race is up for free now, check flotrack's twitter. I think they called it the tasty race of the week or something similar

hart crane wrote:

I feel like Maton and Fisher both didn't receive the recognition they would have it their sub-4's happened any other year.

Maton's race was almost an afterthought due to his age.

Fisher raced on possibly the worst day of the year (the day after the BBC article/documentary about NOP broke). If the meet was streamed FREE online, he probably would have received more recognition.

Both kids have bright futures and as Fisher said, they'll see plenty of each other in the next few years.

Where are they going to college?

Parents will pay $20 to watch their kids. Most kids won't pay $20 to watch other kids so not that much.

Even if the meet was pay per view and not free, Flotrack should not make that much money as the meet should be charging them to film if they are charging people to watch.

All the meet has to do is say, "We will stream it ourselves and charge people directly." Flotrack is just a middleman. The meets have the power.

Thank you very much. Great videos of the MI state meet. That 1600m/Mile was incredible.However, the commentating is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. It's absolutely absurd! Just hilarious! It's like the guy has never heard of track and field before. And he's trying to make every second of every race exciting. Instead of just shutting up, he talks the entire time during all races. Who in the f@kk let this guy in the booth?Actual quotes from the 3200m:"...A race...with pace. A pace race. A race where the most important thing is not using speed, but knowing when to use... any kind of agility. It's the kind of race where you aren't racing so much, as you are providing yourself with enough stamina to make it into that final lap.""My goodness, what a conclusion... to a race that had no clear victor for the entirety of 7 and a half laps."In the 1600m, he said these things in the first 200m:"The last chance... for one of these teams to win the mile.""Not to much action right now, as we're still quite saturated... in 3rd through 6th place. As another slew of guys are comin' up... to make it ooone... messy... race to start things off. No real separation between first and last place yet. But the pacing IS separating them."And then 550m into the race..."There is work to be done. And Grant Fisher is NOT putting the hammer down."When leading by maybe 35-40m right after 800m: "Grant Fisher has nearly 100m on the other racers."And at 1000m..."We're not even at the two and a half minute mark right now and he's already halfway through... AND MORE... through this mile race."

Indoor? wrote:

http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/8eb894345a

For MI D1 State meet, may have to make a free acount but it is free and not hard

I have to jump in, because I was the stadium announcer at D1 in Rockford, and I had people who weren't at the meet say curious things about my announcing. Stuff like, "I heard you on the webcast. That was interesting. Are you still on pain meds from your surgery?"

THAT WASN'T ME! And I don't know why they didn't just use my stadium announcing on the webcast. After all, I knew what the deal was with the multiple cameras in the 1600/mile. And I know how to use a stopwatch. And I know how to pronounce hard Michigan words like "Saline," and "Monroe" and "Gibraltar."

I have no idea who they put on that webcast mic, but I think it was just an innocent person passing by. Maybe they had a flat tire and came into the meet to find a tire iron, and someone handed them the mic instead.

My favorite quote came during the girls 3200 when Audrey Belf had a huge lead on the field: "It's like she's a tiny toy car with cheese on it and everyone else is the mice."

The boys 3200 was notable because Robinson led 7.5 laps and the announcer called him Connor Wuori. And then said that "Garrett" Fisher outsprinted him.

And in that announcer's world, no one on the last lap of a distance race has a kick. Instead, they all magically find their "second wind" about then.

And don't even get me going on the milliseconds!

--Jeff Hollobaugh

PS--I watched D3 to see Annie Fuller's 1600 (a 4:57 with a stunning 65-second last lap) and I should say that announcer was far, far better.

Oh man, I feel sorry for you to possibly have to answer to that ridiculousness. SO funny. "Say-leen"- haWhat a meet though! These kids are rollin' nowadays.

I dunno but Grant Fischer made $0.00 off that race. Go figure.