On Tuesday, August 29, 2000 9:26 PM "Kurt Bray" said:
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Re: where are all the world records?
The situations are not comparable. Ben Johnson was found guilty of
cheating, so he and his marks were disqualified. The public certainly
understands and accepts that and
What is one of the biggest image problems of hte sport today for
Mr John Q Public ?? The idea that everyone in the sport is using drugs ..
I'm not really sure that John Q Public cares all that much about drug use in sports.
Seems to be a media focal point and gets this list riled up but the
In a message dated 8/30/00 8:05:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Why not? Because if you declare all the records drug-tainted and invalid
you'll take down some major icons along with those evil commie cheaters -
that's why. And some of those icons may hire lawyers to argue the point on
their
the public's tolerance for playing fast and footlo0se with the ability to set
records is immense. Perhaps there's a reason we stay a fringe (and get ever
fringier) sport.
You have to say it while holding your nose, so it comes out 'fridge', as in
where Joe Six-Pack heads whenever the 5K comes
This hardly seems like the answer. Too many non-whites in US football,
basketball? Tiger Woods effect on the popularity of golf, the Williams
sisters on tennis? If we think that's the solution, it really is evidence
that we're out of the loop.
Spectators (as opposed to participants or
Can't say I agree. How many white champions has the NBA had since Larry
Bird began his decline? 10+ years of popularity that kicks the butt of
anything TF dreams of. The NFL became increasingly popular while
becoming increasingly black, and the same could possibly be said for
baseball, tennis,
Why not !! What is one of the biggest image problems of hte sport today
for
Mr John Q Public ??
Why are those of us that love track and field so worried about Joe
Public? If the vast majority don't like our sport, so what?
I know it's nice that other people like something you like, but for
If they had adopted the German proposal for new records
(without findamentally changing the events, as with the
javelin), then we would be involved in endless debates as
to when the new record is statistically superior to the old.
Dave Carey
On Mon, 28
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Conway wrote:
I tend to agree .. What WRs would anyone expect to be broken ?? Most
WRs are so far out there as to almost be out of reach ..
. . .
But I think WRs are going to become more and
more of a rarity ..
Of course they will. Over the course of the 20th
On Tuesday, August 29, 2000 4:19 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
those who would argue that new records would somehow contaminate the
sport's
historical line ignore the fact that even if there had been no advances in
training, technnology alone removed from reality some of the sport's
greatest
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:19:26 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the hard-core nuts would have had endless debates; the general public
would
mindlessly embrace the new rash of recordbreaking, which is the whole
point.
It wouldn't be that clean with the general public. And the reason is the
In a message dated 8/29/00 17:34:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It wouldn't be that clean with the general public. And the reason is the
news media. Until the old record was exceeded, EVERY news story about some
new WR would contain a "However":
I think Conway Hill's previous post about
If they had adopted the German proposal for new records
(without findamentally changing the events, as with the
javelin), then we would be involved in endless debates as
to when the new record is statistically superior to the old.
Dave Carey
That sounds
I think that the last year in which no men's track or field world
record was broken was 1910, of course it depends on what you
mean by standard events, if you don't consider the 1k or the 3k
standard then I think it would be 1918. (by the way the answer
is the same even if you are only
In a message dated 8/28/00 3:11:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think that the last year in which no men's track or field world
record was broken was 1910, of course it depends on what you
mean by standard events, if you don't consider the 1k or the 3k
standard then I think it would be
On Monday, August 28, 2000 3:44 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
The IAAF will be sorry yet it didn't buy the German proposal for new
records
when the millenium turned. They're going to feel a compelling need to do
so
in the next few years and won't have a "logical" excuse that the public
will
go
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