Michael Johnson says â€˜Itâ€™s time to simplify athletics â€“ get rid of events that people donâ€™t watchâ€™

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6 years ago 08/24/2017 5:44am EDT

re: run by nature

Let me CHIME in here, since I am MORE than qualified to comment on this based on my experience with CrossFit Games and what people really want to watch.

I would differentiate between men and women. Make women's more about aesthetics and men's more about SURVIVAL skills.

My simplified line-up:

Men

100m

400m

Javelin (on target, e.g. bulls - obviously not real ones)

long jump over stream (those who fail will splash in there)

high jump up over solid bar with pullup

Women

100m

200m

400m

high jump

pole vault

Sorry, no distance events.

6 years ago 08/24/2017 7:10am EDT

re: X_FIT_BRO_THE_REAL_ONE_1

X_FIT_BRO_THE_REAL_ONE_1 wrote:
Let me CHIME in here, since I am MORE than qualified to comment on this based on my experience with CrossFit Games and what people really want to watch.
I would differentiate between men and women. Make women's more about aesthetics and men's more about SURVIVAL skills.
My simplified line-up:
Men
100m
400m
Javelin (on target, e.g. bulls - obviously not real ones)
long jump over stream (those who fail will splash in there)
high jump up over solid bar with pullup
Women
100m
200m
400m
high jump
pole vault
Sorry, no distance events.

The audience for cross fit is as niche as that of track and field. Few people have even heard of it.

6 years ago 08/24/2017 7:30am EDT

re: Certainly Not Skuj

Certainly Not Skuj wrote:
Randy Wholeway wrote:
Personally, I have no interest in hurdles or any field event. And you have to be mentally deranged to watch a 10,000 on a track.
I cannot believe that I am seeing this at letsrun.

Believe it. I ran the 10,000 in college. Guess what? It's flipping boring. No one wants to watch that.

Just because you like to run doesn't mean you like watching people run.

6 years ago 08/24/2017 8:24am EDT

re: Randy Wholeway

Personally, I would only watch 400, 800, 1500, and 3000 as far as track events.

Maybe shot put, javelin, high jump, and long jump in the field.

6 years ago 08/24/2017 10:07am EDT

re: Only this...

What about an ideal multi skills challenge as well? Decathlon could be good but is that too many events?

Maybe:

110H

400

800

1500

3000Steeplechase

Javelin

Shot Put

High Jump

Long Jump

STANDING Long Jump (need to bring this back)

6 years ago 08/24/2017 10:36am EDT

re: run by nature

run by nature wrote:
What events would get rid of, if any?
What events was he get rid of?

If the plan is to get rid of events people don't watch, then get rid of track and field completely. Let's be honest, no one really watches it. Not enough for it to be super profitable. There's more money to be made in showing more basketball and football games instead of track and field meets.

6 years ago 08/24/2017 12:33pm EDT

re: get rid of it all then

also, more money in fishing, golf, cycling, skiing, tennis, team handball, futbol, hockey, baseball, car racing, boxing, mma, WWF, etc, etc.

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