I was watching the womens NCAA XC race live on VS in my lobby by myself and by about halfway through the race about 10 passersby had stopped to see what it was all about. I told them about Jenny and Susan and how Jenny was heavily favored and her accomplishments. They started getting into it because Susan was sticking with her. Then when Jenny fell apart the drama thickened even more! They were all getting into it and in total shock at what was happening. Then Bizzari and Kendra kicked down Susan and everybody was going crazy.My point is that if we get the story lines out there to people that don't know and put it on a channel that people might actually run across (espn2), then people will actually find it interesting.Also, we should get a tv channel dedicated solely to running, like how golf has the golf channel and then there's the cycling channel. Flotrack should start it up!!!
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USTFCCCA Sam Seemes talks about the current state of track & field and cross country. Sam goes over some of numbers in terms of attendance, revenue, and participation in the sport as compared with other sports in the NCAA.
I believe that for the our sport to survive, we need to recruit from other sports, such as soccer and football. I mean, let's face it, kids aren't always interested in running 500 miles during summer and cross season and then doing that during track season when they get to high school. However, they may have untapped potential to run and by helping them discover it, we open up a whole new world to them.
sam's was asked by the president of the USTFCCCA to present findings on the differences between our sport and other sports in the NCAA. his findings were thorough and informative. they were also pretty scary. he did a great job presenting the facts to us and unfortunately i didn't get the best part of his speech at the end which was very motivating, especially to me and flotrack. he said all of us need to use our mind and bodies to put full effort into making a difference even though the outcome and future is unknown. that was and still is much of the mindset we have at flotrack.what we should all take away from this is that our sport needs help from everyone. we don't have the resources of a football or basketball so therefore coaches, administrators, the NCAA and USTFCCCA all have the duty to do something about it. thats also what we're trying to do to help! i could go on, but i'll talk to sam and others more about this later in the week. hope you're enjoying getting an inside look at the convention, its been good to be there.
Yes, essentially you are right. I mean, how many people do you know at your school that your other team mates don't. 10, 15, more? If everyone invited 1/2 the people they knew and only a half of them came, the turnout would still be much better. If each of those people asked invited 10,15 people eventually it would grow. Much of the responsibility falls on us to be the promoters. Something Martin and FloTrack realized 3 years ago. So far, so good. Much still to be done.
We need more coverage. I think NIKE needs to stop being a bunch of P*ssies and throw some money into our sport. Not that they do already, but they could do a hell of a better job.
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