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> >I've got a two-word answer to that line of thinking: Houston and
Cerritos.
> As in the nationals of '89 and '90, where the domestic version of the
> sport, imho, came close to dieing at the top end.
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> And I have a one-word answer to the same line of thinking. Wimbledon.
Absolutely. If you pay five figures as far down as 16th place in every
event. And add a century long tradition of being the most prestigious meet
in the world. And make it one of the four meets in the year that everyone
considers a "major". And we need to let everyone compete, not just U.S.
athletes. My point is that Wimbledon is far different than USATF nationals
and there is no immediate hope on the horizon that the money will be
available for it to become more like Wimbledon.
It's not that we can't learn from the way tennis (and golf) do things. But
the money has to come from somewhere.
- Ed Parrot
