Wow! I think that you are on to something. Let's start WWT. We'll capture their interest with the wacked out stuff and then once they catch on we'll have them for the real stuff. I can picture something like the roller derby 400. Helmets, shin guards,elbow pads-all included. The mile team race could take on a whole new meaning. The fans could have dart guns and try to hit the pole vaulters. Acuff could wear the same outfit that she had in Rolling Stone. I can't wait. Harold
>From: "Michael Contopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Michael Contopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: t-and-f: USATF Advertising idea... >Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:16:33 -0500 > >Alan, I can't disagree with you more... on just about everything you said. >To begin with, being a northerner, I can tell you that NASCAR is beginning >to bridge the gap between the "redneck" south and north. I work at a Hedge >Fund, full with people who drive porche's, not a "'75 Corvette propped up >on >blocks," who are going home, I think tomorrow, or maybe Friday, to watch >NASCAR. In addition, many of my friends in college have started watching >it >as well. I went to a northern university and many of these friends are New >Yorkers. > >Second, perhaps the first reason people ever watched NASCAR was to see a >crash. Once popularity builds, and you understand the drivers, the cars, >the rivalries, it becomes more about the race and the competition between >the "athletes" and their machines than witnessing a wreck. A perfect >example of this is me. I'll give NASCAR a chance, as my friends did, not >because I want to see another Dale Ernhardt catastrophe, but because I see >my boys getting amped at the competition and rivalry. A crash is the last >thing on my mind... if anything I hope they DON'T happen. Who wants to see >Booby Labonte out of the race on the second lap because of a crash. Its >like seeing El G go down in the last lap of the 1996 Olympic Final. NO >FUN! > >As for running. We need less "fluff" pieces about all the hardships >runners >endure, and more action. What would you rather see... Tim Broe talk about >how he lost his cat in 5th grade and that's why he decided to start >running? > Or 7:39 seconds of dueling it out with Leonard Mucheru... changing leads >and splitting 4:01 for the last mile? The announcers should have bios on >each athlete and let them talk about those interesting tidbits as the race >goes on... no reason to pull away from the action. And if you think John Q >Public will go away feeling cheated cause Broe got outkicked by Mucheru, >you're crazy. No way, no how. Same with when BK took the lead in the >Olympic 5k... I don't think any American would really come away from that >race thinking it sucked. My non-runner friends hate watching track BECAUSE >of all the downtime where there is no action. Show 1-2 hours of races and >end it. No more FLUFF! >Mike > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
