For over 50 years news about track managed to travel via news wire, newspapers, magazines and word of mouth.
I dont need flotrack. You dont need flotrack. The results speak for themselves.
Flotrack is killing the American coverage of track & field.
over and out.
kano model wrote:
For over 50 years news about track managed to travel via news wire, newspapers, magazines and word of mouth.
I dont need flotrack. You dont need flotrack. The results speak for themselves.
Flotrack is killing the American coverage of track & field.
over and out.
50 years ago, people actually cared about Track. Enough that newspapers and magazines actually provided coverage. That is no longer the case.
I don't understand all the hate about Flo Track buying rights to track meets and then selling their production. If you don't like it buy the rights to meets and put it out there for free.
With the arrival of ESPN 3 there were tons of Division I indoor meets out there for free. I watched parts of MEAC, CUSA, Sun Belt and Heps. All were decent for (except CUSA had no sound).
Flo track did a good job with NJCAAs in my opinion. Watched that one too.
kano model wrote:
For over 50 years news about track managed to travel via news wire, newspapers, magazines and word of mouth.
I dont need flotrack. You dont need flotrack. The results speak for themselves.
Flotrack is killing the American coverage of track & field.
over and out.
While I agree that some of what Flosport shows is unnecessary they do show some good stuff.
How is more coverage going to hurt track & field. In the 1970s you were lucky to see 2 or 3 track meets per year!
#floblock
The early days of Flotrack was cool. When it was just two dudes in a van giving good coverage. They overgrew and killed their original product. I don't have a problem with them monetizing, I just don't care about what they produce anymore. And maybe at the ripe old age of 30 I'm just getting too old, but I find more of their employees to be obnoxious.
Like WTF is this? Couple of wannabe gym bros that couldn't make it on DudePerfect. Cut it out with the fvckin hands, bro.
Devil Dog wrote:
The early days of Flotrack was cool. When it was just two dudes in a van giving good coverage. They overgrew and killed their original product. I don't have a problem with them monetizing, I just don't care about what they produce anymore. And maybe at the ripe old age of 30 I'm just getting too old, but I find more of their employees to be obnoxious.
Fire Gordon Mack.
They are necessary, but their monetization tactics have repelled a huge portion of cross country/ track and field lovers. They are going about spreading the love of track and field the wrong way. 120 dollars are year for flotrack?? I can get unlimited cable all day/every day for 30 dollars a month. Flotrack only uploads a few worthy videos a month. I've had a Flotrack account for probably 8-10 years and have never had the need, desire, or money to pay that much money. (Not to mention all the complaints they've had about people who tried to cancel after a month and then continued to be charged month after month). I If they care about spreading the love of track and field, charging out the butt isn't the way to do it. Even dedicated track fans won't pay that, what makes them think those just getting into track and field will?? Obviously people are paying that price since they're still in business, but dropping the price to get even more people to subscribe would be much more lucrative for them. 10 people paying 120 a year = 1200 dollars vs 30 people paying 60 a year = 1800
Bad business tactics wrote:
They are necessary, but their monetization tactics have repelled a huge portion of cross country/ track and field lovers. They are going about spreading the love of track and field the wrong way. 120 dollars are year for flotrack?? I can get unlimited cable all day/every day for 30 dollars a month. Flotrack only uploads a few worthy videos a month. I've had a Flotrack account for probably 8-10 years and have never had the need, desire, or money to pay that much money. (Not to mention all the complaints they've had about people who tried to cancel after a month and then continued to be charged month after month). I If they care about spreading the love of track and field, charging out the butt isn't the way to do it. Even dedicated track fans won't pay that, what makes them think those just getting into track and field will?? Obviously people are paying that price since they're still in business, but dropping the price to get even more people to subscribe would be much more lucrative for them. 10 people paying 120 a year = 1200 dollars vs 30 people paying 60 a year = 1800
I disagree with a few of your comments.
1)" Obviously people are paying that price since they're in business. " That's not necessarily true. They have received millions of dollars in venture capital. Plenty of business lose money hoping to make it big. They just fired their CEO and co-founder Martin Floreani. Why would you do that if all was great.
2) While I hate the service, they are smart to charge a ton. The goal isn't to grow the sport or appeal to the true fans. The goal is to charge a ton as most of their demand is very inelastic. Parents will pay whatever it costs to watch Jonnie run and college coaches - there are lik 10000 college programs - don't care if it's 100 or $200 as they aren't paying for it - their program is.
hater of flo bu wrote:
I disagree with a few of your comments.
1)" Obviously people are paying that price since they're in business. " That's not necessarily true. They have received millions of dollars in venture capital. Plenty of business lose money hoping to make it big. They just fired their CEO and co-founder Martin Floreani. Why would you do that if all was great.
Someone came up with a shut down prediction thread of Flocasts basically lasting until April 2019 with current cash. My guess is that like the CEO, other company heads will slip out the backdoor before everything hits the fan. Theyre probably just looking for the right exit. Conpany is doomed .
I can watch European track & field on Youtube all I want. I have become a huge fan of Polish middle distance running.