Conway Hill wrote about the 2000 Oly Trials in Sacramento:
<<Mo, MJ and Marion were there ... Where else in the US =
can you see the 3 of them in the same meet>>
All three have been at the Prefontaine Classic the past three years...but
that just proves your point, Conway. The Pre Classic has by far the
largest attendance of any invitational meet in the U.S., and you and Buck
Jones and others are correct: it is the STARS who bring in the
spectators. They don't even have to be track fans. Surveys taken at
three past Pres showed that 50% of those in attendance described themselves
as "general sports fans" rather than "track fans". If the athlete is a
big enough star, and there are enough of them, the fans will turn out.
