THE RISE AND FALL of NASCAR - And how it applies to TRACK and FIELD

Basically, it was downhill from 2008 or so when they went "green" with the ethanol-gas.

How to make track and field great again:

1. Put a emphasis on betting, like horse racing.

2. Stop drug testing, we need freaks in our sport.

3. More mainstream limelight, you almost never hear about track and field on ESPN.

Sand Dunes wrote:

How to make track and field great again:

1. Put a emphasis on betting, like horse racing.

2. Stop drug testing, we need freaks in our sport.

3. More mainstream limelight, you almost never hear about track and field on ESPN.

Add fantasy teams to this list.

Sand Dunes wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

How to make track and field great again:

1. Put a emphasis on betting, like horse racing.

2. Stop drug testing, we need freaks in our sport.

3. More mainstream limelight, you almost never hear about track and field on ESPN.

Add fantasy teams to this list.

Fantasy track sounds dumb. I agree with 1 and 3 tho. I know someone in Europe and they love betting on track.

Sand Dunes wrote:

How to make track and field great again:

1. Put a emphasis on betting, like horse racing.

2. Stop drug testing, we need freaks in our sport.

3. More mainstream limelight, you almost never hear about track and field on ESPN.

Make it great again? When was it a big time sport that drew lots of money and spectators? That must have been a lot of fun to be a part of. Can't really see it ever happening again.

Millenial. wrote:

Make it great again? When was it a big time sport that drew lots of money and spectators? That must have been a lot of fun to be a part of. Can't really see it ever happening again.

here's a history lesson kiddo...

The press would report that the American men won, 128-107 and the Soviet women prevailed, 66-41. No one really cared.

In other words, CCCP defeated USA 173-169 in the overall.

Sand Dunes wrote:

How to make track and field great again:

1. Put a emphasis on betting, like horse racing.

2. Stop drug testing, we need freaks in our sport.

3. More mainstream limelight, you almost never hear about track and field on ESPN.

1) Yeah, horse racing is real popular.

2) If you do that, you are forcing every woman to become a man.

roblox oof sound wrote:

How can we apply this to growing track viewership?

There is no "we." They have a great system where people are willing to pay to run and they don't have to spend a dime on talent.

USATF is a monopoly. They care not for attendance or grassroots anything.

Millenial. wrote:

Make it great again? When was it a big time sport that drew lots of money and spectators? That must have been a lot of fun to be a part of.

60,000 people came to watch Walter George run a mile at the Polo Grounds in 1882... and yes gambling was a big part of it

NASCAR is lame because they intentionally limit the performance of the cars. If you started a track league where runners had to weight at least 185 lbs and the spikes were intentionally designed to give athletes unnaturally poor control, then track would be analogous to NASCAR. So, just don't do all that and we son't go down the same road as NASCAR.

If the government ever wants to get serious about climate change, the first thing they should do is ban NASCAR and all other forms of auto racing.

johncocktosten wrote:

If the government ever wants to get serious about climate change, the first thing they should do is ban NASCAR and all other forms of auto racing.

Unless they go electric motors.....?

Sand Dunes wrote:

How to make track and field great again:

1. Put a emphasis on betting, like horse racing.

2. Stop drug testing, we need freaks in our sport.

3. More mainstream limelight, you almost never hear about track and field on ESPN.

Market the athletes as house hold names- Hobby Joggers should know all the top runners just like duffers know all the top golfers.

It's all about marketing the athletes.

Back in the early 80's more top distance runners ran road races, they were "up close and personal" with the average runner after the race- people knew who they were.

How about meets in smaller stadiums- 5000-8000 capacity- so the stadium could be full? That looks good for TV and track is better up close- sitting in the nose bleed seats isn't a good place to watch- smaller stadiums- watch some video of Bislett in the 80's.

That's great....but who, or what, is FEILD?

johncocktosten wrote:

If the government ever wants to get serious about climate change, the first thing they should do is ban NASCAR and all other forms of auto racing.

The amount of methane produced by the athletes at a track meets likely rivals the pollution produced by a nascar event.

Sand Dunes wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

How to make track and field great again:

1. Put a emphasis on betting, like horse racing.

2. Stop drug testing, we need freaks in our sport.

3. More mainstream limelight, you almost never hear about track and field on ESPN.

Add fantasy teams to this list.

Fantasy track and field is a dumb idea. The sport is individual, no one races all that much, so really all you mean is on a case by case basis (race), you pick your favorites of those that actually show up.

Fantasy works best for Football since you have a "team" and you know you have 16 games (not too many, not too little). The unknowns are limited to injuries but you can just sub in others from your team in those instances.

Drive up windows at banks, pharmacies and fast food restaurants. Every needless red light put in to slow down traffic on empty roads. What else you got? Start a thread

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

roblox oof sound wrote:

How can we apply this to growing track viewership?

There is no "we." They have a great system where people are willing to pay to run and they don't have to spend a dime on talent.

USATF is a monopoly. They care not for attendance or grassroots anything.

so let's create a competing legue that is better for the athletes.