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

01 March 2021 George 0 Comments

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.

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

22 February 2021 George 0 Comments

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...

College track & field coaches' salaries explorer is now live

17 February 2021 George 0 Comments

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.

Track & field needs sports business professionals, Part II

02 February 2021 George 0 Comments

"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.

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

26 January 2021 George 0 Comments

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.

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

18 January 2021 George 0 Comments

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

USATF cancels Indoor National Championships despite slate of indoor meets

08 January 2021 George 0 Comments

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?

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

05 January 2021 George 0 Comments

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?

Track & field and road racing need sports business professionals

26 December 2020 George 0 Comments

Give the New York Times credit for not burying the lede in their reporting on The Marathon Project. They actually led with the lede - they just didn't know it.

Eliud Kipchoge's fans have something to teach American pro track & field athletes

15 December 2020 George 0 Comments

Track & field and running are actual sports in Kenya, in part because Kenyan fans treat them as such. If only American track & field athletes held themselves to the same standards of respect and professional identity.

Sketch-y performance of basic sponsorship at The Track Meet

04 December 2020 George 0 Comments

You’d think a sport that thinks logo placement and brand “exposure” are the alpha, omega and pinnacle of sponsorship activation would at least have the correct brand name and spelling of an athlete’s sponsor on the meet’s start list and results site. Instead, we have...

MAAC cancels indoor track & field: T&F must counter this new normal

02 December 2020 George 0 Comments

Three Division I conferences have cancelled their indoor track & field championships. They - and others - will be watching closely to see who notices and who cares.

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