At the risk of getting flamed here, and in the interest of conversation... Taking one of the seemingly hated topics in this forum and throwing it on the fire with the Grid League popping up. Can it survive?
I'm not a Crossfit person, but in my time in the Navy, I did quite a bit of it in the early days of the phenomenon, and I can understand the addictive/ positive nature of that type of workout/ environment.
Either way, I'm very interested to see how this "niche" "sport" is received by the public. (can they sell tickets) Obviously Crossfit already has a huge audience to pitch too, but I don't believe these two entities are working together to further the sport.
Finally, my point. Can triathlon learn some lessons from how to take the sport at a spectator friendly level and take it to a bigger stage? (ie Televised events, paid athletes, larger audiences etc...) This would mean more money poured into the sport by non endemic corporate sponsors.. Something that I would consider a major missing puzzle piece to triathlon would be large corporate, non endemic sponsors..
Something along the lines of the ITU's Team Triathlon? Super Sprint (GP, F1)? Marc Lees seems to be headed along this track.. Smart dude.
Any thoughts?
Jake
Get outside!
I'm not a Crossfit person, but in my time in the Navy, I did quite a bit of it in the early days of the phenomenon, and I can understand the addictive/ positive nature of that type of workout/ environment.
Either way, I'm very interested to see how this "niche" "sport" is received by the public. (can they sell tickets) Obviously Crossfit already has a huge audience to pitch too, but I don't believe these two entities are working together to further the sport.
Finally, my point. Can triathlon learn some lessons from how to take the sport at a spectator friendly level and take it to a bigger stage? (ie Televised events, paid athletes, larger audiences etc...) This would mean more money poured into the sport by non endemic corporate sponsors.. Something that I would consider a major missing puzzle piece to triathlon would be large corporate, non endemic sponsors..
Something along the lines of the ITU's Team Triathlon? Super Sprint (GP, F1)? Marc Lees seems to be headed along this track.. Smart dude.
Any thoughts?
Jake
Get outside!