What is wrong with track in america? People will pay $60 to see a baseball game that drags on for 2 hours and then drink 5-10 beers to drown the boredom. My god - people will watch GOLF for hours!, but track somehow is not interesting enough. People will only watch track to see world records or olympic golds and both have to be produced by an american or they don't care. Sad when there are so many great and exciting track races.
In the US the most popular sports are NASCAR, Baseball, Football, basketball, golf. No one else in the world cares about 1950s automotive technology spinning in circles around a track so we are the best. No other country even plays Football so we are the "World Champions". Baseball is basically US and Canada so not a lot of foreign competition there. NBA? same. Golf - I don't know about foreigners, but I know when I am ready for a nap I turn on the golf channel and I am lulled to sleep in a matter of minutes.
Baseball and Football are rampant with steroids and the governing bodies do nothing about it. There is no need for performance enhancement in golf. Have you seen the guts on those guys? Clearly it is not an athletic event.
I used to think that since so many people run recreationally (millions), there should be a huge market for marathons and track meets on TV. But yesterday I asked some friends who run to go to the Home Depot meet with me. One said "Track just isn't that exciting and it is't worth $17."
I know I am in the minority, but I would rather watch a close meet between 2 good high school track teams than sit through 9 innings of baseball or 18 holes of golf. And I wouldn't need 5-10 beers to keep myself occupied.
In the US the most popular sports are NASCAR, Baseball, Football, basketball, golf. No one else in the world cares about 1950s automotive technology spinning in circles around a track so we are the best. No other country even plays Football so we are the "World Champions". Baseball is basically US and Canada so not a lot of foreign competition there. NBA? same. Golf - I don't know about foreigners, but I know when I am ready for a nap I turn on the golf channel and I am lulled to sleep in a matter of minutes.
Baseball and Football are rampant with steroids and the governing bodies do nothing about it. There is no need for performance enhancement in golf. Have you seen the guts on those guys? Clearly it is not an athletic event.
I used to think that since so many people run recreationally (millions), there should be a huge market for marathons and track meets on TV. But yesterday I asked some friends who run to go to the Home Depot meet with me. One said "Track just isn't that exciting and it is't worth $17."
I know I am in the minority, but I would rather watch a close meet between 2 good high school track teams than sit through 9 innings of baseball or 18 holes of golf. And I wouldn't need 5-10 beers to keep myself occupied.
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