Coffee with Larry, October 3, 2024, the battle of the new pro meets, time for a Meeting of the Minds?

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This is Coffee with Larry for Thursday, October 3, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. Alex Ohanian sent a tweet accusing MJ Gold of requiring signed women athletes to get approval from Grand Slam Track before they sign for another circuit.

hey @MJGold I loved seeing you + @BillAckman fast follow @ATHLOS by launching @GrandSlamTrack (great to see more people investing in athletics!), but it’s disappointing you’re requiring these women to get permission from you & Bill in order to compete in other leagues. It’s not…

— Alexis Ohanian 🇦🇲 (@alexisohanian) October 2, 2024

2. The tweet was an example of the sport’s biggest problems, which include the protection of many small territories.

3. In 1991, Steve Miller, then NIKE Sports Marketing Director, organized a Meeting of the Minds, where many in the culture came together.

4. For the sport to progress, Meeting of the Minds 2 should happen, bringing the various circuits, World Athletics, European Athletics, athlete managers, meet managers, USATF and media.

5. The in fighting will hurt the sport.

6. We will be updating on HOKA FootLocker National Cross Country Championships.

7. We will update on the NIKE NXN series as well!

Poster for 2022 NIke Cross Nationals, photo by RunnersSpace/NIKE

8. Diamond League has 15 events in 2025, the schedule has been released, and the prize money is increased. More on that this weekend.

Femke Bol wins the Women’s 400m Hurdles Diamond League Final with a time of 52.45 at Allianz Memorial Van Damme, the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels on 14 September 2024, photo by Diamond League Ag

See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry !

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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