Should track and field add the 50m or 60m to outdoor meets? What's everyone opinion on this?

No

The 40-yard dash is not the most popular race in the U.S. Not every play in the NFL covers 100 yards so the 40 time is a better indicator of effective speed for the game. No one besides you would want to see it a track meet.

No to 50m or 60m, but I like your way of thinking. Another sprint event needs to be added to the T&F Olympic & World Championship schedule. Another hurdle event needs to be added to the T&F Olympic & World Championship schedule.

NCAA D-1 and N.F.L. athletes, many of them are fit enough to sprint 40 yards nearly as fast as elite 100m dash sprinters without Am. football players needing a history of T&F participation. It would be too easy for N.F.L. players to make a mockery of T&F. The fastest N.F.L. players would ruin the moral of T&F sprinters if 50 or 60 metres dash became a standard outdoor event.

Until 1960's, U.S. high schools and U.S. small colleges had 220 yard dash on straightaway as a standard event. We need to bring that event back or almost. Add 200 metres dash on straightaway.

We need to add 200m low hurdle as a standard event. See history of 220 yard dash above.

I like that 100m & 200m dash need specific training.

Yeah I think so too. To the fact that NFL players could compete with alot of the PRO sprinters in the 40 or 50 or 60m.

I was just trying to include a more exciting event. I think the 50m would be more exciting than the 100 because it would be so close.

Another possibility is to make a 400 meter dash straight track and run 200s and 400s on it in an attempt to break the 200 and 400 WR. Meaning a 400 meter dash track without the bends.

The 50 meter dash is an event that would have athletes excel in the 50 but fail to compete in the 100 due to lactic acid kicking in.

It could get to the point given enough athletes signing up for it that doubling in the 50 and 100 becomes almost as tough to do as doubling in the 200 and 400 at the Olympics due to the biological differences a 50 meter dash specialist is going to have compared to a 100 meter dash specialist.

The 50 runner would be bulkier and heavier than the 100 runner. Thus the 100 runner would easily be able to win a 100 against the bulkier athlete but fail to beat the 50 specialist in the 50.

Get my point on this?

Great idea. We need more black American guys with 3D shoulders and less East Africans with EPO eyes in order to save the sport. Rating will go up.The public will love it.

Your 400 would be a complete stop and back the other way or do you mean a straight 400 that would start a block or 2 away and finish in the stadium?

Yes . My TV Track coverage would be :

40M

Sledge Push - like the Sleds at Football training camps.

100M - Except you run in 2 Feet of Water across the whole 100M

400M Hurdles - With Different Height Hurdles

800M

Kill the 1500 and longer events . Takes up too much time .

Field : No High Jump or Triple Jump or Shot .

PoleVault - Yes

Javelin - Yes ( But competition is throwing at moving targets , not distance )

3D Shoulders wrote:

Great idea. We need more black American guys with 3D shoulders and less East Africans with EPO eyes in order to save the sport. Rating will go up.The public will love it.

That's not a very nice thing of you to say ....

Control your hatred and anger.

And yes I think that this is the thing that's going to make track and field huge. Track and field gets no respect.

Think about it for a second. Nobody cares to watch the Olympics if you're an average American.

Americans want to see NFL games. That's it.

So why not give them what they want? Why not finally give in to the fact that track and field is never going to be popular unless it has NFL aspects to it?

Such as adding a 40 yard dash to the lineup or adding in an event where more NFL players might succeed in such as the 40 meters, 50meters or 60 meters?

Sounds to me like a great idea. Not only would this help with athlete earnings but it's going to give track and field more fans.

Athletes in track and field will finally be making what they deserve.

The only way to do it is to join forces with the NFL.

Give the NFL what they want. They want the 40 yard dash in the lineup. It's about time that everyone just admits to this. And gives in.

NFL players are the planets greatest athletes. Give them a chance at the Olympics.

Other possible ideas are to add in the broad jump and vertical jump to the track and field lineup.

People care more about what you can broad jump or vertical jump than they do what you can long jump. I'm not trying to be rude. But nobody really cares about what you can do a long jump in.

It's not in style.

It would be interesting to try it. The open meets here, the 100 is BY FAR the most popular event, the entries don't even compare with the longer distances, the amount of heats is massive, so there definitely would be enough competitors.

I think the 60m would be a good option as people are familiar with that distance from indoor.

40m means nothing in the UK, no one is familiar with it at all.

Not sure if many countries are familiar with it outside of the US (due to American football).

But a lot of countries are familiar with 60m.

50m would be interesting also as half of 100m.

Having said that, there are already so many events:

60, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000 (or longer) - 5000/10,000), 100/110h, 400h, steeple, 4x100, 4x400

and that's just the track events.

Personally I would like there to be the 800m hurdles.

track chick wrote:

It would be interesting to try it. The open meets here, the 100 is BY FAR the most popular event, the entries don't even compare with the longer distances, the amount of heats is massive, so there definitely would be enough competitors.

I think the 60m would be a good option as people are familiar with that distance from indoor.

40m means nothing in the UK, no one is familiar with it at all.

Not sure if many countries are familiar with it outside of the US (due to American football).

But a lot of countries are familiar with 60m.

50m would be interesting also as half of 100m.

Having said that, there are already so many events:

60, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000 (or longer) - 5000/10,000), 100/110h, 400h, steeple, 4x100, 4x400

and that's just the track events.

They could make a 4 by 50 meter relay as well. That WR is yet to be set.

Sucks that we live in a country and world filled with people so scared to change.

It's ok everyone. ... Take 6 deep breathes through your nose and out of your mouth. Relax.

Think happy and positive thoughts. No need for the negative answers or replies. I'm simply stating solutions to problems.