Heard Flotrack and FloSports were shot down on credentials to the Trials? Have they been seen around Eugene?
Heard Flotrack and FloSports were shot down on credentials to the Trials? Have they been seen around Eugene?
this would make me so happy
Justification? Must be some sort of video ban from NBC? Still seems odd.
yeeeeeeeeeeez
Say what you will about Flotrack's coverage, but you button your lip when it comes to MB. She is a goddess.
Believe he's talking about the other girl that just kisses a$$ and wants to be bff with everyone.
Sturgis wrote:
road rashed wrote:Believe he's talking about the other girl that just kisses a$$ and wants to be bff with everyone.
Are y'all talking about the blonde who has sex with Gordon Mack? I might vomit.
Might? I know I did
Whose the new Jonas Hill looking dufus on flotrack that thinks he cool by saying "fricken" at least one every sentence ?
I've never followed FloTrack, but isn't the restriction of any journalistic outfit at the OT a loss for our sport?
They really turned up the douche factor recently. They brought it to milesplit, too.
Every damn race is called "EPIC!!!11!!!!!!" on twitter. Talk about overdoing it.
Stan L33 wrote:
Heard Flotrack and FloSports were shot down on credentials to the Trials? Have they been seen around Eugene?
Awesome. I hope it's true. Flotrack sucks and their $20/month subscription!
Stopped watching when they dropped the talent (Ryan) and charged for every two bit, crap race.
Flotrack is the Hillary Clinton of running coverage. They will do anything for profits. LR and runner space 100%. Sorry Flo-$$$
douchebags wrote:
They really turned up the douche factor recently. They brought it to milesplit, too.
Every damn race is called "EPIC!!!11!!!!!!" on twitter. Talk about overdoing it.
What! I need my daily updates on the 500 best 10th grade, blue-eyed, 300m hurdelers in Buckwheat County!
Also their picks are a riot. Most of them are picking Duane Bang Solomon in the 800.
They were going to charge for their presence at the Trials.
The USOC has revoked Olympics and U.S. Olympic trials credentials for sports media startup FloSports for publishing video footage of several Olympics trials events. NBCUniversal owns exclusive rights to Olympics and team-selection events through '32. “After multiple infractions of use of video in trial venues, we revoked credentials for trials and Olympics going forward,†a USOC spokesperson said. FloSports CEO & co-Founder Martin Floreani disputes the charge and criticized the USOC. "There were no repeated use violations,†Floreani said. "We disagree with the spirit of the claims, which resulted in the USOC's withdrawal of two credentials. The USOC's response is odd. We understand that the USOC is struggling to keep up with current media trends. Their actions illustrate their inexperience with emerging media. Withdrawing our credentials just hurts the USOC. We wish them the best of luck." Founded in '06, FloSports is backed by Celtics Managing Partner & CEO Wyc Grousbeck’s Causeway Media Partners. It operates dedicated verticals in wrestling, gymnastics, track and field and other sports. It specializes in live streaming coverage, original programming and owned-and-operated events. FloSports has deals with United World Wrestling and other NGBs, but not the IOC or the USOC. Causeway Media Partners, led by Grousbeck and partners Bob Higgins and Celtics Minority Owner Mark Wan, invested $8M in the company in '14. Two sources said FloSports had streamed parts of the marathon and wrestling trials, and called the company’s rights violations a pattern of behavior.
I don't know for sure what happened, but when one media outlet like NBC for example buys the USA media rights, they only allow other media outlets who report on the news by selling newspapers and magazines, etc. They are not going to be receptive to a paid real time media out whose specialty competes with theirs, which is understandable.
Btw, I don't know how anyone can see this as a good thing. Even if you don't pay for their pro account FloTrack provides the running community with lots of good media.
TrackCoach wrote:
I don't know for sure what happened, but when one media outlet like NBC for example buys the USA media rights, they only allow other media outlets who report on the news by selling newspapers and magazines, etc. They are not going to be receptive to a paid real time media out whose specialty competes with theirs, which is understandable.
Btw, I don't know how anyone can see this as a good thing. Even if you don't pay for their pro account FloTrack provides the running community with lots of good media.
Go letsrun.com, only took about 10 replies to get an intelligent one.
TrackCoach wrote:
I don't know for sure what happened, but when one media outlet like NBC for example buys the USA media rights, they only allow other media outlets who report on the news by selling newspapers and magazines, etc. They are not going to be receptive to a paid real time media out whose specialty competes with theirs, which is understandable.
Btw, I don't know how anyone can see this as a good thing. Even if you don't pay for their pro account FloTrack provides the running community with lots of good media.
The are lots of running media outlets. I think we will be just fine.
Nike owns Runnerspace and dislikes competion.