Lane9 - Athletics, Beyond The Sport
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 2:46:15
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Sinopse
Most athletics fields have lanes 1 - 8. Lane9 is everything that goes on outside the stadiums and training centers. Learn the sport somewhere else. Know the people here.
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Rule 40 says more about track & field than the IOC
14/07/2021 Duração: 18minThe Rule 40 blackout period should be a non-issue for properly activated sponsorships. But for track & field, it's a dire event because the athletes and sponsors (if we can call them that) have such a superficial relationship.
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Track & field needs to think value for value, not "thank you"
19/05/2021 Duração: 08minWhen was the last time you thanked your employer? Probably never, because you trade your work for their money. Pro track & field athletes need to approach their sponsor relationships the same way, and stop talking like they have nothing to offer.
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What do track & field athletes offer their sponsors?
25/03/2021 Duração: 14minTrack & field athletes lament their one-sided contracts, but the sponsors probably feel the same way. When was the last time an athlete, agent or property asked a prospective sponsor "What do you want? What would benefit you?" and then went back and figured out a solution?
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What do track & field's sponsors aim to get from their sponsorships?
10/03/2021 Duração: 15minSports sponsorship requires more from the brand and the property than slapping a logo on something. What did the sponsors of recent track & field events hope to get from their involvement, and did they do anything to reach that goal? What will Puma do to activate their new post-collegiate group in North Carolina?
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An unashamedly desperate plea to track & field people: Be eagles
01/03/2021 Duração: 13minTwo stories, five years apart, set the stage for a stark choice that everyone faces when someone new appears in your Inbox: be an eagle and respond, or be a s**tbird and ignore them.
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Never say no: US T&F athletes must stop trusting their "institutions"
23/02/2021 Duração: 09minTrack & field athletes need purge the word "No" from their vocabulary, because the institutions to which they entrust their careers are far too comfortable saying "No" at every turn.
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Track & field needs a business class, Part II
02/02/2021 Duração: 10minEveryone involved in "professional" track & field should be ashamed that Ben Blankenship funded a race at the American Track League. But they won't be. Our advice to aspiring pro's or semi-pro's: Look elsewhere.
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Grim year could get harder for T&F's post-collegiate athletes
26/01/2021 Duração: 06minPost-collegiate non-professional athletes were the majority of competitors at the 2016 track & field Olympic Trials. Any changes to the format for the 2021 trials would likely fall hardest on them.
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Indoor T&F nationals cancelled: Crickets ensue
18/01/2021 Duração: 13minThe combined response across track & field to USATF cancelling indoor nationals was...... silence? Apathy? Ignorance? What does that mean about the sport, the athletes and anyone's prospects going forward?
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Lessons for long jumpers: T&F'rs need to watch more sports
25/08/2020 Duração: 36minStockholm DL long jump was no different than what every other sport does all the time, but athletes and others within T&F wouldn't know that. T&F needs more experiments to create more opportunities, not less.
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7/23/2020: Malicious compliance, get the F out, Maps & Money
23/07/2020 Duração: 18min- T&F athletes show how ridiculous their contracts are, but will anything change in the next negotiations? - T(F)AA - NALathletics Map is the first step towards being the AirBnB of Athletics, and that, in turn, is all about the money.