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Mass Start is Boring

Mass Start is Boring

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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 6 months ago
During the last few years there has been a lot of changes in the cross country skiing world. We've seen the sprint develop which is interesting but during the same time we've also seen changes to the longer races, which have transformed more and more into mass starts. The reason it has changed is because some TV companies think that a 50km race with individual start takes too much air time. They also believe that the viewers doesn't understand interval starts. We don't think that's true. We think that the mass start is really bad TV! To watch a 50km race in mass start is really boring in most cases since almost all skiers are together in a lousy tempo until maybe 1 kilometers from the goal, where there is a short sprint that decides who will win the whole race, which we think is unfair. And if you think about it, you don't have to see the first 49 km since it's completely uninteresting.

Updates

March 2, 2007

I have been watching the recent races and seeing the same predictable patterns play out in the pack again. It is frustrating to realize that athletes are forced to train for years only to have their results decided by a few frantic minutes in a crowd. I am currently gathering feedback from others who miss the intensity of interval starts to send over to the broadcast team.

March 2, 2007

Seeing so many of you echo my frustration with these lackluster mass starts makes me realize I am far from alone in missing the true test of endurance. This momentum proves that fans actually care about the soul of the sport rather than just a final sprint.

6 Comments

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Mark Lee
19 years ago Featured

Stop letting tv decide how our sport works. It kills the competition aspect completely.

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Jens Mills
19 years ago Featured

miss the old days. i fall asleep watching these mass starts. please bring the individual start back.

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Anna Adeyemi
19 years ago Featured

Mass starts are ruining the sport. You dont even need to watch the race until the last 5 minutes. Stupid.

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Erik Riley
19 years ago Featured

bring back interval starts. watching everyone just cruise together for 2 hours until the final straight is total garbage.

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Sarah Chapman
19 years ago Featured

Totally agree. It used to be a real test of stamina and pacing now its just a glorified sprint. Boring to watch!!

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Lars Park
19 years ago Featured

The 50k should be about who is the strongest skier not who is the best at drafting. Change it back.

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