Ed wrote:
> A very good barometer of the degree to which Garry's assertion is correct
is
> US.
>
> "US", as in you and me, the people on this list. Most of us can be
> described as coaches, athletes, former athletes, journalists or just fans.
> You have a lot of casual fans in this country of College and pro team
> sports. But, to be part of this listserver, you are usually a HARD-CORE
> track and field fan. I have read that there are more than 2000 on this
> list.
>
> Now, out of ALL the people on the list who are post-college but
> pre-retirement age (about 22-60) how many of us ARE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING
> in track and field?
>
> We can't bemoan the lack of opportunity, the lack of organization, and the
> lack of support/ structure/coaching/etc. that fails to attract the general
> public ... if it ALSO fails to attract Track's BIGGEST fans.
> continuing on .....
I have to disagree .. I have been to many track meets and met former
athletes that I know who talk all the time about how they could do this or
do that and wish they were still running .. Wish there was someone to run
for .. I mean come on sprint egos never die .. They don't even fade away ..
And the big thing that former sprinters talk about is "getting their old
relay teams together" .. How many of you remember an old Jim Hines in the
late 70's early 80's stepping back on the track with his little belly
proclaiming that he could still be "The Man" .. Given a vehicle there would
lots of middle aged sprinters and relay teams out there going at it .. ME
included .. How can you ask the question of how many do we see competing
when there is no vehicle/reason for them to be out there competing ?? That's
kind of like asking if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear
it does it make any noise .. No we don't see them out there competing ..
Doesn't mean they don't want to or wouldn't if the opportunity existed ..
Conway Hill
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