Centro not running Pre is the perfect example of why our sport isn't more popular

I love the sport but as The famous sportswriter A.J. Leibing once wrote' the only thing more boring than track is field".

patti wrote:

Surely you jest.

Witnessing Mo win his 22nd victoru in 5k. 3 brothers go under 4 minutes....the womens steeple won by a junior who stopped to put her glass slipper back on...yes the slipoer fit and off she ran to victory.

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Well, Patti, not fans of one runner are not automatically fans of another. Some, like me, enjoy track meets and any performance by any runner from anywhere. You seem to be the same. But some fans only care about their team or just a single runner.

Petrel wrote:

I love the sport but as The famous sportswriter A.J. Leibing once wrote' the only thing more boring than track is field".

A real fan I see. With "love" like yours, I pray you are single.

"Who's Centro?" - 99% of Americans.

Karl Hungus wrote:

"Who's Centro?" - 99% of Americans.

More like 99.7%

No one has heard of this "centro" gay/tranny democrat. He/she/it would have been blown off the track by Murphy, et al.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Karl Hungus wrote:

"Who's Centro?" - 99% of Americans.

More like 99.7%

More like 99.72%

You're right that unless you live in the right place, you have to pay a lot to get to see such a meet. The tix themselves are cheap.

dsfsadfs wrote:

zxvasdfasd wrote:

But if it were popular then we'd have to pay a bunch of money to watch or compete in track meets.

Dude, how much money do you have to spend to see a top level track meet? How much does it cost you to fly to Eugene or Paris or whatever? Unless you live in Oregon it's got to be more than NFL tickets.

Running is boring to watch for most sports watchersnd Centrowitz is maybe the 20th fastest miler at the moment (by a generous estimation).

Idk how big your "little town" is, but I'm willing to bet there's absolutely 0 people in my "little town" of 120,000 people who can run 1:45 in the 800.

Evdawg wrote:

Idk how big your "little town" is, but I'm willing to bet there's absolutely 0 people in my "little town" of 120,000 people who can run 1:45 in the 800.

Agreed. In fact, there's no one in India that can 1:45 in the 800. The national champion is running 1:47s.

You think running (track etc) isn't popular? Try sports karate in any modality (full contact, light contact or original kickboxing) outside Japan is almost unknown. And I am not talking about MMA, that is a different monster.

It is the roll of the dice bro, track and field is a close-knit community.We have a good thing going on that hasn't changed a lot other than added prize money. I like it that way.

- I'm with you ... if your sick, don't run unless it's a championship: and yes -- that is a "dig" on the Ducks & Cheserk ... bad decision. What were they saving him for --- to make the Kenyan WC team later this summer?

precision wrote:

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

More like 99.7%

More like 99.72%

I'll see your 99.72% and raise it to 99.9%

Wrong ` wrote:

Our sport is not more popular due to:

1) poor coverage;

2) exclusive rights stolen from athletes and given to networks;

3) poor filming;

4) terrible announcers;

5) commercials in the midst of events;

6) terrible web sites which try to destroy athletes instead of supporting them.

Running is not popular because it's to dam hard.

Centro was at Hayward Field Friday night watching the meet, signing autographs and laughing with friends. Sure didn't look sick, but who knows. The optics were sure bad when that morning he Tweeted that he was suffering from an "untimely virus."

Contriband wrote:

Positive Contribution wrote:

FYI the NBA regular season is very popular despite stars sitting out regularly.

Ahem, not true at all. Fans get very angry paying a lot of money in advance to see a certain stars and having them sit out a game.

Centro should refund the money his fans paid to see him and having him not show up.

Centro's failure to show is like paying to see a concert and having the main act you see no-show. Scrub musicians end up playing and you don't a cent of the ticket price back.

And people get upset because it's popular. You hear Mike and Mike talking about Centro scratching anytime soon and I'll transfer you $1000 via paypal.

Kiprop ran sick...did that help the sport?

T&F Nut wrote:

Centro was at Hayward Field Friday night watching the meet, signing autographs and laughing with friends. Sure didn't look sick, but who knows. The optics were sure bad when that morning he Tweeted that he was suffering from an "untimely virus."

Why does it matter wrote:

Why do we even care if our sport is popular? I like the sport and that is enough for me. I don't care if other people don't like it, why should that matter to me? It's dumb how obsessed runners are with getting people to like their sport. Our sport is not popular and it probably never will be, move on, enjoy running for what it is.

Well, if it loses enough popularity it will cease to exist and then you will have nothing left to appreciate in solitude. There's that.