Actually, Oregon has apparently gone farther than that and banned all field
events.
As with most meets on the planet (no matter how high the quality),
field-event presentation remains absolutely abysmal.
No better example can be given than yesterday, in which the decathlon PV
started at 2:30, mHT final at 3:00. When 4:30 rolled around, the scoreboard
had said "Welcome to Hayward Field" and nothing else for 2 solid hours.
At no time during the first two days of the meet has field-event data gone
on-screen,other than a next-day (or hours-later) recap of the top 8 in
conjunction with the the victory ceremony for that event.
And there's no indicator board at any event to tell you who the leader is.
And we wonder why people stay away from our sport in droves.
gh
