World's greatest athlete retires and 3 hours later there is nothing on front page of ESPN and SI.com

Doesn't help when the site dedicated to Track & Field is giving prime space to a middling mid-distance runner's quote

Seriously mate? wrote:

I guarantee if he was announcing a sex change it would have made headlines.

Or if he said something in support of the Palestinians

It most likely was. I remember an article about him that had some quotes from his OTC teammates and a few of them said he was a huge team player/team supporter.

ESPN and SI are the People magazine of sports coverage, so it's not that surprising.

This has been up for 4 hours

http://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/18406798/olympic-decathlon-champion-ashton-eaton-heptathlete-brianne-theisen-eaton-retiring

Ashton needs to be a Uncle Tom like Ben Carson ;-)

Symmonds trash wrote:

Doesn't help when the site dedicated to Track & Field is giving prime space to a middling mid-distance runner's quote

Well I can't say for sure, but the name of the site is LetsRun, not LetsRunAndThrowAndJump.

And if I'm not mistaken, the brothers Johnson are distance runners. So I assume that was the catalyst for the site.

Let's face it, Bruce Jenner killed the publics view on decathletes. Eaton didn't help his cause by wearing a Canada hat either.

runalongnow wrote:

rojo wrote:

For those of you who think I sport isn't niche, I think we've got official proof today. Ashton Eaton has been retired for 3 + hours and there is nothing about it on the front page of ESPN or SI.com - two of the biggest US sports websites.

It's always baffled me that someone as great, charismatic and good looking at Eaton wasn't a huge cross-over star. Part of it may be because Eaton doens't necessarily want to be that star but part of it also shows you how niche Track and field is.

He is strangely uncharismatic, IMO.

The definition of ignorance.

Anyone who's ever met him, or seen him interact with fans - as the other poster points out -- the guy is the definition of charismatic and enthusiastic.

Both of them are the classiest of acts.

The sport has been blessed to have them both participate and excel.

As for marketability -- their joint TV commercial last Olympics -- about how competitive they were at home -- was charming and funny.

They are great people. So is Ashton's mom, Roslyn. --See the Ted Talk they did together.

Not WGA. Not even close.

Public Relations 210B Sec 12 wrote:

Jose Montana, Jim Brown, Beckham, Barry Bonds, Fred Williamson, Sugar Ray

Robinson, O.J., etc. moved to L.A. after their careers were done to cash in.

Ash & Bri did Mt Sac Relays every year, and coach Hair is from L.A. so they

knew where'Earth Publicity Centrale' was in Hollywood.

Still they failed to re-locate to L.A.

Now you see the lack of media interest.

Yo smog boy, review their TV Commercials and Magazine Covers last Olympic Cycle. They were in SoCal a lot.

He's updated his Twitter profile indicating his interest in going to Mars. That'll get some headlines if he pulls that off.

Runner's world had an article up 4 hours ago

If the hat fits wrote:

Let's face it, Bruce Jenner killed the publics view on decathletes. Eaton didn't help his cause by wearing a Canada hat either.

It's called sportsmanship and loving his wife and in-laws.

Every woman watching the Olympics instantly loved him for supporting his wife that way. Plus he looked great in it.

loves his wife wrote:

If the hat fits wrote:

Let's face it, Bruce Jenner killed the publics view on decathletes. Eaton didn't help his cause by wearing a Canada hat either.

It's called sportsmanship and loving his wife and in-laws.

Every woman watching the Olympics instantly loved him for supporting his wife that way. Plus he looked great in it.

Nobody cares what you women think.

This is up

http://www.si.com/olympics/2017/01/04/ashton-eaton-retires-track-and-field-brianne-theisen-eaton

I thought Rich Froning retired a few years ago?

rojo wrote:

For those of you who think I sport isn't niche, I think we've got official proof today. Ashton Eaton has been retired for 3 + hours and there is nothing about it on the front page of ESPN or SI.com - two of the biggest US sports websites.

It's always baffled me that someone as great, charismatic and good looking at Eaton wasn't a huge cross-over star. Part of it may be because Eaton doens't necessarily want to be that star but part of it also shows you how niche Track and field is.

Is it my paranoia, or is Rojo taking a snide jab at SI and ESPN?

At least they take the time to verify, edit & proof their work before submission.

Public Relations 210B Sec 12 wrote:

Jose Montana, Jim Brown, Beckham, Barry Bonds, Fred Williamson, Sugar Ray

Robinson, O.J., etc. moved to L.A. after their careers were done to cash in.

Ash & Bri did Mt Sac Relays every year, and coach Hair is from L.A. so they

knew where'Earth Publicity Centrale' was in Hollywood.

Still they failed to re-locate to L.A.

Now you see the lack of media interest.

You're an idiot. A lot of stars do not live in LA and they have great publicity. You obviously do not know anything about PR. With your mentality, you probably do not have a job.