The PTO made itself out to be some type of athlete's association, it is not anything resembling one. Will it stop making itself out to be one?
The PTU/PTO for most of its history was just a sour twitter account under the @collinscup moniker, will the PTO start acting differently and stop attacking the organization that drives the sport globally (WTC)?
Why did the PTO in its launch/re-launch under you make disingenuous offers to purchase Ironman from Wanda? Why did you attack them over their sale to Advance as if it was the worst thing to happen?
Why have you/PTO looked at Ironman as an enemy? It's not. It's the best Triathlon promoter in the world bar none.
Why has the PTO gone full bore into mass participation? It looks like you are copying the only model in triathlon that works. Which is mass participation.
I understand these are adversarial questions, but the dude/dudette/crew of people who ran the twitter account for Collins Cup for the first four years of its existence as social channel doesn't exactly endear me to your organization or want to support it. (hopefully they are not longer around)
What is the VC runway? Ten years? That's what it looks like as an organization ( a VC play).
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Technical stuff, why has the PTO failed to provide live splits on its broadcasts? Why are there not live leaderboards? Why does the PTO use too many commentators on each broadcast?
Since Challenge Daytona in 2020 the broadcast product has been really substandard, similar to every other triathlon broadcast, or I guess that just meats the standard? Not sure.
What is the plan for the Collins Cup to address the multitude of issues that broadcast had? PTO promised a lot when it came to packaging for TV, it has not delivered, why is that?
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If you're going to call events "US Open" or "Canadian Open" are you going to have a qualifying series that puts elite amateurs in each of the Open Championships like actual Open Championships in Golf and Tennis? To actually model of Open Championships? You said you did so in a previous post on page 1, but there was no open qualifiers for amateurs.
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ETA: Why do you attempt to compel athletes to join the PTO, and why do you force members to wear the logo on their kit. Since it's not a Union, are you paying every member for those four square inches of space? If you're not, that's another reason why I'm probably hostile to this whole endeavor.
One of the biggest things I've wanted since the big announcement when you were announced as CEO is for the organization to be honest with what it is: A race promoter.
Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.
The PTU/PTO for most of its history was just a sour twitter account under the @collinscup moniker, will the PTO start acting differently and stop attacking the organization that drives the sport globally (WTC)?
Why did the PTO in its launch/re-launch under you make disingenuous offers to purchase Ironman from Wanda? Why did you attack them over their sale to Advance as if it was the worst thing to happen?
Why have you/PTO looked at Ironman as an enemy? It's not. It's the best Triathlon promoter in the world bar none.
Why has the PTO gone full bore into mass participation? It looks like you are copying the only model in triathlon that works. Which is mass participation.
I understand these are adversarial questions, but the dude/dudette/crew of people who ran the twitter account for Collins Cup for the first four years of its existence as social channel doesn't exactly endear me to your organization or want to support it. (hopefully they are not longer around)
What is the VC runway? Ten years? That's what it looks like as an organization ( a VC play).
_______
Technical stuff, why has the PTO failed to provide live splits on its broadcasts? Why are there not live leaderboards? Why does the PTO use too many commentators on each broadcast?
Since Challenge Daytona in 2020 the broadcast product has been really substandard, similar to every other triathlon broadcast, or I guess that just meats the standard? Not sure.
What is the plan for the Collins Cup to address the multitude of issues that broadcast had? PTO promised a lot when it came to packaging for TV, it has not delivered, why is that?
______
If you're going to call events "US Open" or "Canadian Open" are you going to have a qualifying series that puts elite amateurs in each of the Open Championships like actual Open Championships in Golf and Tennis? To actually model of Open Championships? You said you did so in a previous post on page 1, but there was no open qualifiers for amateurs.
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ETA: Why do you attempt to compel athletes to join the PTO, and why do you force members to wear the logo on their kit. Since it's not a Union, are you paying every member for those four square inches of space? If you're not, that's another reason why I'm probably hostile to this whole endeavor.
One of the biggest things I've wanted since the big announcement when you were announced as CEO is for the organization to be honest with what it is: A race promoter.
Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.
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TheStroBro: Aug 16, 22 19:24