on 8/20/03 6:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> So why has interest in track declined? Poor marketing, dope, the > dominance >> of the Africans, the rise of video games and the resultant slacker >> generation, the rise of youth soccer, the rise of NBA on TV, the NCAA >> scholarship limit, etc, etc. Take your pick. > > Add my favorite - the end of the cold war. > > The nationalism of the American fan base was satisfied when they got to see > our "good guys" against their "bad guys" on a regular basis. Now that > there really isn't any "bad guys" we consider ourselves to be in > competition with it's just not as big a deal anymore. > > Phil
The answer, then is simple: Revive the old US-USSR meets but substitute athletes from North Korea/Cuba/al Queda. Two out of three we kick their butts. -- Jim Gerweck Running Times
