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18 June 2021 George 0 Comments

Qualified or accepted: Off the bubble and into track & field Olympic Trials (data viz)

Track & field Olympic Trials are underway for about 1,000 athletes. About one-third of them found out earlier this week that they were off the bubble and on their way to Eugene.

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16 June 2021 George 0 Comments

International athletes at NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Champs (Data viz)

International students made up 30% of the top 10 finishers at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. These athletes are a unique subset of the athletes we need to keep in the sport past graduation.

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14 June 2021 George 0 Comments

What were the viewership ratings on track & field's PPV meets?

Three track & field meets used a pay-per-view revenue share to build their prize purses. Several weeks later, the ratings - and, therefore, the revenue and prize purse - have still not been publicized.

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09 June 2021 George 0 Comments

Track & field stadiums detach throwers from the rest of the sport

Track & field does not do a very good job holding itself together. The layout of some track & field stadiums makes you wonder if the builders realized they were supposed to build one facility for a single sport.

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04 June 2021 George 0 Comments

Track & field can learn from tennis: No media, no money

Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open has drawn into the open (if it was ever hidden) the relationship between athletes, media and money. Track & field athletes can’t afford to pass up a single microphone this summer, or any other.

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27 May 2021 George 0 Comments

What track & field can learn from Villareal's Europa League title

Track & field can learn a lot from other sports, particularly European soccer. Villareal’s Europa League win is just the latest episode with valuable insight.

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20 May 2021 George 0 Comments

Track & field needs to think value for value, not 'thank you'

Professional track & field athletes are the only pro athletes you'll hear saying "thank you" to their sponsors. Until they start trading value instead of gratitude, we cannot expect any more investment into the sport or the athletes.

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05 May 2021 George 0 Comments

Track & field risks losing a generation of high school athletes

Track & field has an attrition problem. If high school track & field athletes feel the sport isn't there for them, they have too many other options to stick around for what little lies ahead.

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27 April 2021 George 0 Comments

3 words to know where to go and where to look at track meets

Travelling to track meets every weekend, as many of us do this time of year, gives us a chance to see a range of track & field facilities: from football stadiums built for 5,000 fans that have several times as many athletes as spectators on...

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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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