Why does it need to be marketed?
Why does it need to be marketed?
And...
I'm a screenwriter.
In the pilot episode of my tv comedy, my main character wins the Olympic marathon.
He ends up retiring as his victory has not brought him fulfilment.
He goes on to lead an entirely different life.. Running into (no pun intended) people with absurd problems.
Of course I didn't write the script to market track and field... It just felt natural to me to include the
Olympic race and that's why it appears in the script
Well you have a point, it can be left alone.
My train of thought is that if you have more people interested in the sport,
you'll have more people taking pride in their health and fitness.
hence marketing.
The fatties flicking channels (ok that's mean but you take my point)
may tune in if track and field on NBC becomes something more relatable...
something that gets people talking..
They'll tune in to Survivor and Real Housewives... why not track and field?
Anyways I've said enough.
I want them to tune into my show once it's aired
Saw a few extremely overweight people while walking outside earlier today.
Sad but all you can do is to lead by example by taking care of your own health & fitness
If your biggest “event” is the Olympics then you are a second tier sport.
Disband the USATF and the IAAF and we would be getting somewhere. Or just outdo them.
Possible Solutions:
1. Create professional US based track teams with a circuit and a team championship. It would be coach driven. Which means athletes can’t duck each other.
2. Road racing is not a professional sport. Make it one. Create pro only races.
Neither will ever happen.
Alan
Alan
I'm a Parent of a HS freshman, new to track. I've some thoughts:
1) in live events, in HS, there are huge, huge gaps in action. I vaguely understand that this is down to FAT cameras? Meets take forEVER
2) My kids team did well at NXN. But the live coverage consisted of some dudes on golf carts ... There was no way of seeing the team drama play out. Drones maybe?
3) swimming, has an every 4 years major hyped event in Omaha, for Olympic trials. It's sold out, TV coverage... Dunno, does track ? Gonna compare the two in 2 years.
Skeeple wrote:
I think it is relatable, can be fun to watch - but I agree the scheduling variation makes it hard to easily follow.
My cynical view of humanity is that in track/field its harder to assert your status as there's much less disparity between the haves and the have-nots. In running the equipment difference between a pro and a hobby jogger running the same race is what, maybe $400? $500 with the 4%?
In biking that difference can be $20,000 if not more. A lot more opportunity to people replace their training with their day jobs. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with biking because of that, but keeping up with the Jones' is appealing to a lot of people. Same thing with Golf, even football - helmets, pads, cleats. When there's a culture of dropping that much money, more sponsors pay attention, more events pop-up. *not saying you can buy results but at lower levels gear can make a big difference
If an athlete gets all their expenses paid for a year;
the shoe company is attracting people to go look at their $100 pair of spikes, maybe some shorts, watch sunglasses.
The bike company is getting people to buy their $7,000 frame, $4000 wheels, $200 tires, $500 "kit" (plastered with $hitton of logos), $400 helmet.
TL;DR - Not enough monetary incentive for sponsors to grow the sport
Sponsors don't grow sports. Sponsors latch on to sports that are growing, or are expected to grow, or are, ahem, grown. Track is none of those things.
Greg wrote:
Well you have a point, it can be left alone.
My train of thought is that if you have more people interested in the sport,
you'll have more people taking pride in their health and fitness.
hence marketing.
The fatties flicking channels (ok that's mean but you take my point)
may tune in if track and field on NBC becomes something more relatable...
something that gets people talking..
They'll tune in to Survivor and Real Housewives... why not track and field?
Anyways I've said enough.
I want them to tune into my show once it's aired
Saw a few extremely overweight people while walking outside earlier today.
Sad but all you can do is to lead by example by taking care of your own health & fitness
I think it would be better if people just worried about their own health and fitness. Everyone makes their own choices.
Athletics are very popular in Europe.
Many people just don't see the purity in running. They don't see it at all. As exciting it is for me to watch a world class half marathon road race or Diamond League 5K, most find it boring and say, "they're just running!". They don't appreciate the sub 5 min pace and how hard it is. Just the way it is. They need more entertainment than that. I don't.
There has been quite a few fairly close answers I think, with the general public not understanding how fast is fast. But this clearly is not as well noticed in swimming which should experience the same thing, but from what I can tell, it does not.
Here is the reason: People want to cheer for an under dog.
The problem? There are set tiers of runners. It's very unlikely for a guy whose just gone sub 28 to even have a chance at a guy whose gone sub 27, assuming that their both in their peak. For example: Rooting for a guy whose never broken 2:06 vs. Kipchoge is ludicrous, because their just on such different tiers.
This is not apparent in other sports like basketball, for example. Look at Jayson Tatum, he's scoring big numbers and playing well even against guys like LeBron. The odds of a guy just out of college tying up with the likes of Mo Farah (in his prime) in a 10k, is absolutely minuscule. Therefore, track must do better at creating a depth of field at the faster end in order to make it seem like an actual race for the win, rather than a slaughter of everyone by someone. A perfect example of something that more runners would be interested in is a race like this past Payton Jordon 1500m, where you've got a super deep pro field racing, and a 17 year old comes out victorious is insane. That's what people want to see, they want upsets, not domination by the expected victor.
D2sprinter wrote:
sbeefyk2 wrote:
People like sports that are relatable
Tell me how football is relatable
I'll bite, because you're obviously dumb.
People play football for fun. They play is at BBQs, they play it at the beach. They play at church camp, they play it with family. Fathers play it with sons.
Do you know anyone who wants to run at any of the above events? I love running, but it's simply boring to watch for 99.9% of the population.