The Gateshead meeting is actually after Edmonton - something I had
overlooked when I mentioned it to you the other day. That puts it outside
the initial trial period.
Georgio Reineri - the IAAF's spokesman - did seem to believe, though, that
it was up to each event whether or not it participated in the trial.
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Subject: Re: t-and-f: New rules to challenge athletes at adidas Oregon
> The IAAF did not just single out the pole vault, hammer or discus, it is
> just that those are the only field events we are having at this year's
> adidas Oregon Track Classic. All the throws and jumps would be changed.
>
> Also, the experiment is not just here, it's all the GP II meets (although
> I've heard that Gateshead has gotten out of it). The first time they
tried
> the new rules was at the GP II meet in South Africa in March.
>
> Paul Banta
> adidas Oregon Track Classic
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> Subject: Re: t-and-f: New rules to challenge athletes at adidas Oregon
>
>
> > I am glad to see it is just a trial basis. However, I suspect this is
the
> > first step to something more. For one, the "experiment" is taking place
> in
> > the U.S. Secondly, I can't help but express how short-sighted the
> > decision-making appears to me: Fans who make the effort to travel to a
> meet,
> > sit in the stands in all kinds of weather, etc. are not fair weather
fans.
> I
> > suspect that the decision to buy or not to buy a ticket to the meet is
not
> > based on the "length" of the pole vault competition. Television's
(live)
> one
> > hour "recap" is not a factor, anyway, as live events tend to show all
> track
> > and very little field. Next day tape delay is not a factor. So as a
fan,
> if
> > I'm sitting in the stands and the 5000 is complete and there are still
> some
> > vaulters and jumpers left on the field, who cares? If I'm a true jump
> fan, I
> > stay and watch. If not, I get up and leave. Either way, I've paid for
my
> > ticket. Finally, I find it somewhat humorous that the ONE event that
the
> > U.S. DOMINATES is one picked for experimentation. Did I hear someone
say
> > "HELLO?" So I'm still struggling with this and still asking: WHY?
> >
>
>
