The world's first-ever track and field draft is tonight at 8 pm ET - Who would you take #1?

They blew the marketing budget on a Twitter account.

Personally I can't wait to watch this meet! I'll bet the Hayward fans will really support a meet like this. Less events and the high quality of the draft picks so far will be a good draw.

This is a moron fest perpetuated by the waif like brothers.

One cheated with drugs.

The other coached an Ivy League team and they were nearly all extremely heavy recreational drug users...

Who you gonna believe.

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Personally I can't wait to watch this meet! I'll bet the Hayward fans will really support a meet like this. Less events and the high quality of the draft picks so far will be a good draw.

I also think this will be a hit with the public. Team competition. Big names. Backed by TrackTown. Major cities involved. About time something like this was offered up!

It's doubtful, real track fans will care about the fake teams. Hopefully, the individual races are good. Unpaced races will be a welcome format.

Promotion and information about the meet/concept is sorely lacking.

Explained at last wrote:

It's doubtful, real track fans will care about the fake teams. Hopefully, the individual races are good. Unpaced races will be a welcome format.

Promotion and information about the meet/concept is sorely lacking.

Teams are no more fake than any other pro teams out there. All nfl, nba and mlb players have sponsors and play for fake teams too.

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Explained at last wrote:

It's doubtful, real track fans will care about the fake teams. Hopefully, the individual races are good. Unpaced races will be a welcome format.

Promotion and information about the meet/concept is sorely lacking.

Teams are no more fake than any other pro teams out there. All nfl, nba and mlb players have sponsors and play for fake teams too.

I believe the point is that the players on MLB, NHL, NFL and NBA teams train together and compete regularly in the cities they're associated with, in contrast to this format.

pro players live in the city they compete for, train there, etc

This format is too fake.

When do they name the mascots. That's going to be hilarious.

How are the organizers going to explain the ESPN that Alison Felix, Ashton Eaton, Gatlin, Gay, Merritt etc are not in this meet?

It's the Olympic year, we need to showcase our Olympic stars to generate any public interest in our sport.

[quote]No big stars equals flop wrote:

How are the organizers going to explain the ESPN that Alison Felix, Ashton Eaton, Gatlin, Gay, Merritt etc are not in this meet?

The same way you would explain why no meet in history has ever had all (100%) the best athletes in it. HaHa.

Fake watch wrote:

pro players live in the city they compete for, train there, etc

This format is too fake.

I completely agree. The idea is okay but there needs to be more big corporate sponsors in the hat which of course leads us back to the profitability of track & field - cero.

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Fake watch wrote:

pro players live in the city they compete for, train there, etc

This format is too fake.

I completely agree. The idea is okay but there needs to be more big corporate sponsors in the hat which of course leads us back to the profitability of track & field - cero.

Didn't you hear? These teams have sponsors, they're just secret. Vin said so. Which completely goes against the point of sponsorship, but shhhhh, it's going to be amazing.

It's going to be great. Just watch.

Fake watch wrote:

When do they name the mascots?

At last an important question.

Felix, Gay, Merrit, Gatlin, Eaton are competing in Eugene this week. Why aren't they part of the track series next month? ESPN will want to know why none of the US Olympic team stars are not competing.

Imagine a gymnastics competition before the Olympics with none of the Olympic gold medal contenders and prime event gymnasts competing.