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25 March 2021 George 0 Comments

Podcast: What do track & field's athletes and agents offer the sponsors?

Track & field athletes regularly lament their one-sided contracts. Their sponsors probably feel the same way.

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10 March 2021 George 0 Comments

Podcast: What do track & field's sponsors expect to get from the sport?

Last month we asked what the sponsors of the American Track League and New Balance Indoor Grand Prix did to activate on these events. More recent meets and Puma's return to professional distance running has us asking the three fundamental about any company's involvement in...

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04 March 2021 George 0 Comments

USA Track & Field defaults on another national championship

If the story of the first half of the coronavirus-induced shutdown was colleges cutting their track & field programs, the story of the second half (assuming we're approaching the end) may be USA Track & Field defaulting on the one job they exist to do....

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03 March 2021 George 0 Comments

Track & field vs. Disc golf: What will $1 million get you?

On the balance of yesterday’s news, track & field’s offerings to pro and prospective pro athletes have fallen behind another sport.

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01 March 2021 George 0 Comments

Unashamedly open plea to track & field coaches: Be an eagle

Track & field rarely does the things that more successful sports do. One simple way T&F can move closer to those other sports is for people in T&F to simply respond to every e-mail.

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22 February 2021 George 0 Comments

Four questions for the American Track League and New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Almost the entirety of the US non-college indoor track & field season unfolded over the last five weekends at the American Track League and New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. Through those events, track & field popped its head out of its burrow and appeared on...

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17 February 2021 George 0 Comments

College track & field coaches' salaries explorer is now live

How much do pro track & field athletes make? Not much. That’s about all we know until / unless someone wants to send us a tranche of documents, anonymity guaranteed.

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02 February 2021 George 0 Comments

Track & field needs sports business professionals, Part II

"Professional" track & field should retreat into some serious soul searching after Ben Blankenship fronted the money to pay the top finishers at a race in an American Track League meet.

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26 January 2021 George 0 Comments

Format changes to track & field OT's would fall hardest on unattached athletes

Format changes to the USA Track & Field Olympic Trials could upend the composition of the athlete fields. Unattached athletes, normally the largest group, may find their few roads closed off in an already dismal year.

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18 January 2021 George 0 Comments

Podcast: Way too little reaction to indoor track & field championships cancellation

If a track & field national championship gets cancelled, does anybody make a noise?

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08 January 2021 George 0 Comments

USATF cancels Indoor National Championships despite slate of indoor meets

USA Track & Field prohibited Team USA athletes from competing in the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in the fall. With World Athletics already bumping World Indoor Championships off the 2021 calendar, did anyone really think USATF would bother with an indoor meet?

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05 January 2021 George 0 Comments

NCAA track & field spending and success: Can we buy a point? (Data viz)

The NCAA is the biggest spender on track & field in the United States. Since they are not getting a financial return, are the top schools at least getting their money's worth in results?

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