https://www.spreaker.com/show/lane9enSportsCopyright George M. Perryhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ec51d9e40b959e3c9587be20e8765aac.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/lane9Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:08:15 +0000George M. PerryGeorge M. Perryfeeds@spreaker.comLane9 is everything that happens outside the oval in athletics and track & field. No meet recaps, event analysis or training tips. Lots of talk about money.cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/rule-40-says-more-about-track-field-thanhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/45696015Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:07:47 +0000George M. PerryThe 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.1128athletics,sportsbiz,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/track-field-needs-to-think-value-for-valhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/44911872Wed, 19 May 2021 15:44:39 +0000George M. PerryWhen 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.496athletics,sponsorship,sportsbiz,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/what-do-track-field-athletes-offer-theirhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/44048714Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:09:00 +0000George M. PerryTrack & 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...842sportsbiz,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/what-do-track-fields-sponsors-aim-to-gethttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/43827740Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:21:57 +0000George M. PerrySports 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...957athletics,sportsbiz,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/an-unashamedly-desperate-plea-to-track-fhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/43690550Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:12:05 +0000George M. PerryTwo 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.789athletics,sportsbiz,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/never-say-no-us-t-f-athletes-must-stop-thttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/43603357Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:31:26 +0000George M. PerryTrack & 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.594athletics,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/track-field-needs-a-business-class-part-https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43249364Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:21:06 +0000George M. PerryEveryone 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.642sportsbiz,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/grim-year-could-get-harder-for-t-fs-posthttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/43130661Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:42:53 +0000George M. PerryPost-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.398athletics,olympictrials,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/indoor-t-f-nationals-cancelled-crickets-https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42992890Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:06:59 +0000George M. PerryThe 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?835athletics,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/long-jump-fiasco-t-frs-need-to-watch-morhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/40487067Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:30:23 +0000George M. PerryStockholm 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.2180diamondleague,longjump,trackandfieldcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/9346696/7-23-2020-malicious-compliance-get-the-f- T(F)AA
- NALathletics Map is the first step towards being the AirBnB of Athletics, and that, in turn, is all about the money.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/39926040Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:11:40 +0000George M. Perry- 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.- T(F)AA
- NALathletics Map is the first step towards being the AirBnB of Athletics, and that, in turn, is all about the money.]]>1114athletics,sportsbiz,trackandfieldcleanfull