escott58
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Post by escott58 on May 29, 2024 6:20:16 GMT -8
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 29, 2024 13:28:54 GMT -8
i've seen college track and field in a few places. Even when "nobody cares" in Eugene, it's 100 times better than Sacramento, Seattle, Tucson, and probably everywhere else. Oh, I have no problem with it. A very reasonable explanation for how West Regional was given. It isn’t AR fault that their population is on the left side of map for the west half of the country. The complaint was that the West was getting somehow screwed. I was asking if the West was getting screwed, how could Oregon (the State) get so many National championship locations awarded. (And I’ve seen college track in every one of the mentioned loacations. Add LA, San Diego, Fresno—Clovis really, Austin, Des Moines, Sioux Falls, Baton Rouge, Manhattan, Chicago…the list goes on) That's nice that you have no problem with it. I bet you're not a West Coast athlete having to take a 5- or 6-hour flight to Little Rock and then an hour or so on a bus up to Fayetteville, either. As was mentioned, Hayward Field gets the NCAAs so often because A, Oregon's bid is so much higher than every else's; B, Hayward Field is the nicest venue in the country and C, Eugene is the only place that would draw more than 3 or 4K to any session. The national meet encompasses the entire country. A regional meet is supposed to encompass a region of the country. So call me crazy for thinking a WEST regional meet might be remotely in the WESTERN half of the country. Yeah, crazy huh?
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