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College TF/XC program cuts, Part III: When football doesn't help

04 September 2020 George 0 Comments

Football’s surplus is most TF/XC programs’ budget, so surviving the summer was only ever going to be the first trial. Those schools where football doesn't make enough to prop up other sports, well, they end up on this list.

Blue Oval Showcase stirs more thoughts on formats and fans

01 September 2020 George 0 Comments

Track & field is used to not having fans, so the Blue Oval Showcase was not too jarring to the athletes. But the sport is not used to athletes like Ryan Crouser, who shows that a track & field athlete can do more and better...

Lessons for long jumpers post-Stockholm DL: Watch more golf and tennis

27 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Track & field athletes, agents, coaches, brand managers, fans... everyone in track & field, particularly long jumpers, would do well to spend some time watching other sports and seeing how things are done.

Where are all the pop-up mini-meets for jumpers and throwers?

24 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Track & field navigated the coronavirus-induced shutdown by hewing to what it knows best: scarcely attended meets with little concern - and even less coverage - for the field events.

Big 10 XC/TF should co-sign football parents' letter to save their sports

17 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Big 10 football players' parents are petitioning the conference to reinstate the fall season. Cross-country and track & field athletes, whose sports are dependent on football, should throw their support behind these very public efforts.

College track & field and cross country program cuts, Part II

10 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Our last post on coronavirus-induced track & field program cuts was starting to get a bit unwieldy, so the list continues here.

Pac-12 track & field can't afford football giving up 50% of revenue

04 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Pac-12 schools need more than 50% of football’s revenue just to keep football afloat, let alone financially draining sports like track & field.

Trying to find the professional track & field athletes at USA Outdoor National Championships

02 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Track & field does not make it easy to know who - or what - a professional track & field athlete is. National championship meets are more likely to surface students, side hustlers and ambiguities than an unequivocal pro.

Unusual athletics: Beer Middle School's straight line track

27 July 2020 George 0 Comments

When you’re finding the address for every throws circle, runway (javelin and jump), track start line, pole vault or high jump landing pad, you’re going to come across some unusual things.

Where to jump, throw and run: 3-word addresses for athletics

20 July 2020 George 0 Comments

We want to make it easier for athletes, fans and coaches in athletics. The first way we’re going to do that is making it easier to find a place to jump, throw or run.

Endowments show which college sports programs took control of their survival

12 July 2020 George 0 Comments

Collegiate sports programs who secured endowments while times were good have a survival advantage as budget cuts ravage athletics departments.

Collegiate spending on track & field props up the sport: Cuts expose lack of depth

11 June 2020 George 0 Comments

The NCAA likes to come back to their line that all but 2% of their 400,000 student-athletes will go pro in something other than sports. It’s a good line, especially when they are trying to put the spotlight on their support for all student-athletes instead...

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