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re: World T&F Championships LIVE from Hayward Field: July 15-24
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:51 am to Jack Ruby
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:51 am to Jack Ruby
Despite what I thought was a success with fans...
Both the LA Times and Washington Post (two worthless rags) slammed the US world championships as fan failures.
But it wasn't... It was coverage failures by media.
He'll even European rags begged off and they love this shite...so little coverage.
Media presence. Global presence. Can a tiny city in Oregon be that? The world is saying basically no. It has to be in big markets...which is a shame because I think it plays better in places like Eugene. We don't always need L.A.
Both the LA Times and Washington Post (two worthless rags) slammed the US world championships as fan failures.
But it wasn't... It was coverage failures by media.
He'll even European rags begged off and they love this shite...so little coverage.
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“I feel the ball’s been dropped a little bit, not going to lie,” said sprinter Noah Lyles, who broke the 200 meters American record during the meet. “I feel there could have been way more advertisement on America’s side. This is an immaculate meet.
And this is by far the best track and field meet that America has had in years.
And I’m watching these immaculate performances, and I’m like, ‘The crowd is here, yes. But gosh darn it was this not put together well.’ All the times are happening late at night. I’m still barely seeing much presence outside of what NBC is doing. Yes, people are talking about it. But people are late.
“It’s not so much the people inside of track. It’s the people who are trying to say they want to be a part of track, and they are not fully committed to distributing the information.
People need to be saying how big of a deal this is or why this is so important. The whole story should be, ‘If you think this is amazing, just wait until L.A ….’ That’s what this is. This is a prelude to L.A.”
Media presence. Global presence. Can a tiny city in Oregon be that? The world is saying basically no. It has to be in big markets...which is a shame because I think it plays better in places like Eugene. We don't always need L.A.
This post was edited on 7/25/22 at 3:55 am
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Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:00 am to Jack Ruby
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We don't blink an eye at world records and gold medals from our athletes and our college systems are filled with so many of the best athletes from Europe and the Western hemisphere, and most of the population doesn't even know it.
The US University system trains and educates most of the world's athletes outside of football, soccer, basketball and baseball. Most Olympic sport athletes come here and then compete for their home country in the Olympics.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 6:32 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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It was coverage failures by media.
After Lyles won the 200 and USA swept, I turned over to ESPN to see if they were talking about it on Sportscenter.... They were airing 10 minutes of WNBA coverage over some chick retiring.
It would have been hilarious if it weren't so sad. Espn barely even acknowledged that the event was even taking place and barely even showed the results on their scroll.
If the media wants to blend anyone, though, blame NBC first and foremost for airing the event around on different networks and airing most of the big events at like 10 pm Eastern and airing shite like Indy car on the weekends over track coverage.
I could also see a lot of international media sending skeleton crews as well because of how remote and limited the Eugene site is.
If it were in NY or LA, I'm sure more media attention would have been placed on it but Oregon has the stadium.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 7:32 am to Jack Ruby
I said from the beginning of them building the new heyward field that they needed to leave the old one alone and build the stadium in Portland/Beaverton. It would’ve helped this event out greatly.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 8:56 am to Pedro
Well I'm depressed as shite this morning. No more track, no more cycling. At least the Commonwealth Games start this week
Posted on 7/25/22 at 9:38 am to Jack Ruby
I think it is because ESPN will always focus on the leagues that they have the rights to.
It’s why hockey coverage has fallen in the past few decades, for example.
Certain events are too big to ignore like the Olympics and World Cup.
However, world championships and diamond league meets are much easier to give only cursory coverage to.
As for the dorms, if they are anything like the dorms built by most colleges in the last 15 years, I’m sure the athletes were quite satisfied. And I suspect that these are probably even nicer than the average new dorms.
Media coverage was definitely the biggest issue with these games but it’s something somewhat out of the organizers’ control.
The one thing I was annoyed by was how they did two days on tape delay and how the coverage jumped around between three channels on the weekends.
As for Noah’s complaint, it’s all about time zones. They were never going to put a weekday event in the late afternoon in the host city.
It’s why hockey coverage has fallen in the past few decades, for example.
Certain events are too big to ignore like the Olympics and World Cup.
However, world championships and diamond league meets are much easier to give only cursory coverage to.
As for the dorms, if they are anything like the dorms built by most colleges in the last 15 years, I’m sure the athletes were quite satisfied. And I suspect that these are probably even nicer than the average new dorms.
Media coverage was definitely the biggest issue with these games but it’s something somewhat out of the organizers’ control.
The one thing I was annoyed by was how they did two days on tape delay and how the coverage jumped around between three channels on the weekends.
As for Noah’s complaint, it’s all about time zones. They were never going to put a weekday event in the late afternoon in the host city.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 5:27 pm to Keys Open Doors
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As for the dorms, if they are anything like the dorms built by most colleges in the last 15 years, I’m sure the athletes were quite satisfied. And I suspect that these are probably even nicer than the average new dorms.
Probably better than some Olympic village accommodations. Sochi for example and countries said Rio's village was uninhabitable.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 8:15 pm to Pedro
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they needed to leave the old one alone and build the stadium in Portland/Beaverton
I don't think it would be wise to host any major international event in Portland for the foreseeable future.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 10:00 pm to Jack Ruby
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I don't think it would be wise to host any major international event in Portland for the foreseeable future.
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