Diamond League cutting steeple, 200, discus, and triple jump from 2020 Diamond League and adding 3000

Pooontanglo wrote:

The research has to be flawed. Long jump as the second most popular event? Impossible. Sprinters don’t even care about long jump. There are large dedicated communities that care about middle and distance running. No one cares about long jump in large numbers.

I think when you get a result you have to actually think about if it makes sense.

Yes, this is nonsense. Nobody who actually watches track and field thinks that the long jump is a good event, let alone the second best. There’s no way to even televise it in an exciting way. It’s far weaker than the comparable high jump or pole vault. Those events at least have obvious tension and an apparent climax leading to success or failure on each run. With long jump, it’s virtually impossible to tell how well someone did while watching.

This “most popular” event list reads like a bunch of non-fans were polled, and they just picked the events that they could most easily conceptualize. 100m is the “world’s fastest man” race: easy to understand, Usain Bolt runs it, ok. Long jump and high jump are next: they’re self-explanatory, and they sound like something you did with your friends as a kid on the playground. Everybody has an idea of what pole vault is, and it seems vaguely dangerous and exciting, so that gets in next. Then it's the 200m and 400m, which are literally just the next shortest events after the 100m, and therefore maybe more exciting or something. Nothing about this list makes me believe that the people who gave these answers know a thing about track and field or ever watch it.

Jo72 wrote:

Finally, I think it was very stupid to drop 5k in favor of 3k. (Actually in Doha all four 5k/10k races were quite exciting and living proof how great these events are.)

They're only dropping those events for DIAMOND LEAGUE meets, not championships. The individual meets can still host those events, they just won't be part of the TV package.

wejo wrote:

I still think it's nuts they're going to have a 3,000m. It's not a Worlds or Olympic event.

Also, found it strange they cut the 200 which was listed as one of the most popular and has the most popular US male athlete - Noah Lyles.

dude, cut the Diamond League,

cut all these stupid groups.

get a band together and take over the sport.

in reality, the suggestion here is not practical.

you have to accept that you're under the thumb of moron administrators.

or no.

when it gets bad enough, you take the law into your own hands.

until you make a move, enjoy the moronic governing bodies sheit on yer head.

Market research? Yeah, right! It is because the DL is too lazy to set the track up for steeple. They cut the event with the most logistics.

Les wrote:

Jo72 wrote:

Finally, I think it was very stupid to drop 5k in favor of 3k. (Actually in Doha all four 5k/10k races were quite exciting and living proof how great these events are.)

They're only dropping those events for DIAMOND LEAGUE meets, not championships. The individual meets can still host those events, they just won't be part of the TV package.

I know that they are only dropping/replacing the 5k in the DL. It is still a weakening of the status of the track distances. And it will also hit some athletes financially because smaller meetings or non-DL events at DL meetings don't offer the same prize money. I also find it stupid to drop the steeplechase. The men's steeple was a very exciting final (both DL and Doha) and in the women's steeple there are about three times as many white women in the top 10-12 than in the flat 3k/5k, so if the Bowerwomen were running races, it would not be 5 "indistinguishable" Kenyans on top. (If it is true that the African dominance is a silent reason for cutting back the track distance events at DL.)

Dropping the 200m saying it's too congested with the 100m while adding 3000m alongside the 1500m is so dumb. Just keep the 5000m instead of adding 3000m.

Unbelievable! Who are the morons running our sport? Oh yes, I forgot, Seb Coe.

For some reason some people think of him as an intelligent human being. He isn't. He was awarded a very poor degree from a very non academic University. He is clearly too easily impressed by slick talking suits who have no understanding of or love for our sport.

The Diamond League is not the same with the 5000 meters.

Greg wrote:

The Diamond League is not the same with the 5000 meters.

*without

"... and as of now, both Jager and US women’s record holder Courtney Frerichs say they plan to compete in some of those races."

sky wrote:

Is the DL also going to cut out those stupid, silly, ridiculous bouquets of flowers handed to the winner of each event?

I liked it when we handed out bundles of broccoli to the 2010 olympic medal winners.

JackAsd$$$es!!!!!!

longjack wrote:

wejo wrote:

I still think it's nuts they're going to have a 3,000m. It's not a Worlds or Olympic event.

Also, found it strange they cut the 200 which was listed as one of the most popular and has the most popular US male athlete - Noah Lyles.

dude, cut the Diamond League,

cut all these stupid groups.

get a band together and take over the sport.

in reality, the suggestion here is not practical.

you have to accept that you're under the thumb of moron administrators.

or no.

when it gets bad enough, you take the law into your own hands.

until you make a move, enjoy the moronic governing bodies sheit on yer head.

Letsrun could start their own professional track league which is independent from the iaaf.

They could have their own rules and testing and it could gain momentum.

Recall when people were confused by the WWF (World Wrestling Federation), and the name was changed to WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), to emphasize the fact that they were promoting an ENTERTAINMENT, not a sports contest. Maybe the IAAF should change their name to IAAE to clarify their new emphasis.

People can’t sit any more for 12 minutes and watch a race??

This is what happens after Farah age. The man with the rest of Salazar’s athletes have ruined the sport with their eternal sit and kick races. Slow times. We miss the days of real 5k runners like Geb, Bekele, Kipchoge, even Motram. Those were the days. But We saw in the WC that things did get faster, after Farah has left. To bad, they cut these events.

Track is not the only sport grappling with format issues. Swimming is trying out a new format. Doesn’t hurt to have a billionaire backer. That said, this will probably end in failure.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-swim-league-aims-to-create-a-pro-world-outside-of-the-olympics-11576846849?mod=hp_listc_pos1