Thinking about it, I see the Farm Team going from a club team built by Jeff Johnson to an elite "you must qualify for the OT." Which there is nothing wrong with that but we went from development from its truest since to another Team USA, which in my opinion is not helping our sport as a whole. Shit, 50th on the LPGA brought in nearly $200,000. The Farm Team is like the Enclave now...and are on their way out, along with the rest of our "club" support.
There are clubs that support guys that are below the USATF 'A' and 'B' standards, or as you put it OT qualifiers. SO if you aren't hitting those times join one of those clubs. Guys who want to keep running after college competivly should have USATF qualifiers as goals for their near future (1-4 years) anyway.
I don't know if you are mad because you aren't going to be on the Farm Team this year, or because you really think that it is bad for our sport, but personally I think that you should be running USATF qualifiers before you get the kind of support that the Farm Team gives.
The fact is it doesn' t matter if the farm team goes under in the next couple years. Athletics East is going to take over the mantle of best development team anyways. We don't get shit, but we are still going to be the best. People will forget about Nike and the west coast soon enough.
where is Athletics East located?
considering nike is located in oregon, i dont think people are going to forget nike and oregon. i also dont think that alberto is going to stop his project.
as far as the club goes. the farm team cut its numbers from 70 to 50, even though gags didnt want to. nike strongly recomended he cut the size to under 10, so that shows you who cares about what.
Who is Athletics East? Who is there? Any affiliations?
Saw your website, decent info, CAAM can you provide more?
"before you get the kind of suport that the Farm Team gives"...and what exactly do you think that is??? They don't have housing, they don't have medical, they don't have financial funding what are the benefits?
I disagree with your statement that Gags didn't want to cut the numbers. I spoke with him personally at Nationals and he said that about only 10 of the athletes on the team were worth his time, the rest were as he so kindly put it are "USELESS". Nice coach! In anycase it seemed clear to me that he really has no interest in "developing athletes" that he just wants his name associated with athletes that already have credentials. I hope he leaves after this year and then the team can get back to developing American talent, obviously what he's doing right now isn't working out.
-Free massages anytime they want.
-Fitness Tests.
-Tons of gear.
-Stipends for traveling.
-Access to all of the Stanford facilities; AT, Track, Rehab, On-Campus jobs, etc.
I know they aren't the Hansons with 2 houses and coaches that love them, etc, but the 2 people that I have known that were on the team have only said the positives.
No scholarship limits anymore! (NCAA Track and Field inequality is going to get way worse, right?)
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