mowad1 wrote:Those who run track are largely responsible for KILLING THE SPORT!
explain....
mowad1 wrote:when the NCAA rep said that ESPN looked at track as a poor media opportunity when wrestling got live and prime time coverage was a little fishy. If track gets the most coverage during the Olympics, then how is wrestling a more attractive option?
TB wrote:USA Track & Field could care less about the sport at the collegiate level as far as promotion. A long discussion has been posted over at T&F News about it:
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/tfn/di ... read=11054
In their defense, it's not the USATF's job to promote the sport since it's the job of the NCAA to do so.
It's also the job of each host institution to spread the word. When I attended the Mid-East Regional Championships at Ohio State a few years ago, not one blurb about it was in the local press. In turn, the only fans in the stands were the athletes, coaches and parents.
Here is an excellent point on the T&F News thread by Michael J. Roth:
"The USTCA needs to stand up and refuse to sit down until the headless horsemen in the NCAA HQ start giving this sports its due, its money, its PR & is scholarships back so that the sport can exist without having to be run out of someone's basement any longer. If the coaches don't do something, and they're the only ones who can, they only have themselves to blame for the sorry state of affairs."
I couldn't agree with him more.
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