marcag wrote:
B_Doughtie wrote:
Interesting there were other guys who def wanted to go race Miami (whether in jest or not). I don't necessarily think that's something we should really shit on PTO that they didn't want to get ahletes to travel half way across the world at basically the last min. I'd put that way down on the list of things that concern me about PTO's future. The number of athletes in each race and the race distance are the biggest concerns I have for the future of T100. (I'd have 30 athletes and race closer to an T70 distance; cut off 20-30 mins off the bike. If the goal is commercial viable product. I'd also cut it down to 6 races which I think would allow more athletes to potentially race full series and not skip events. You can’t really play up a season long narrative when you allow athletes to skip what 40-50% of the events. The whole point of a narrative is to build rivals and such. If only 1/3rd of your roster is racing a full race schedule you will likely miss out on the head to head racing element.
If the story is true it would have been interesting to understand the math. I guess Taylor didn't feel she could influence the race to a point where she could cover the $10k with $x race payout and $y improved ranking at the end of year. If she couldn't impact the race, why do it ? Why should PTO do it ?
But let me ask the other way do you go to work if your contract says we pay you only if you get a certain benefit for us.