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<\/a>Scott Bush, on , said:<\/p>

\nIt's somewhat telling that the adidas Grand Prix, which I believe has slipped quite a bit the past couple years, is not ranked in the top ten. Hopefully their new date this year will help, but Pre has clearly established itself as the most elite T&F competition in the U.S. hands down.
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\nI know the IAAF meet rankings are based mostly on athlete performances at Worlds, but what else does the Pre Classic do well to really bolster their event to fans?
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\nLocation, location, location. A half-decent meet at Hayward will nearly fill the stands. Bring in world class athletes in every event and it's a no-brainer.
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\nBeing easily accessible on network TV probably helps long-term awareness, too.
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\nDan","date_added":"Sep 13th 2013, 9:11pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":176325,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/3295.jpg","pb_title":"dkap","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=9184","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/dkap.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"10044"},"854827":{"pb_id":"1111","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"854827","comment_id":"854827","member_id":"1111","comment":"It's somewhat telling that the adidas Grand Prix, which I believe has slipped quite a bit the past couple years, is not ranked in the top ten. Hopefully their new date this year will help, but Pre has clearly established itself as the most elite T&F competition in the U.S. hands down.
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\nI know the IAAF meet rankings are based mostly on athlete performances at Worlds, but what else does the Pre Classic do well to really bolster their event to fans?","date_added":"Sep 13th 2013, 8:37pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"624","email_settings":"4294967295","email":"sbush1002@gmail.com","address":"Scott-Bush","gender":"m","member_id":"1111","member_name":"Scott Bush","avatar_location":"av-1111.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-1111.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":176325,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-1111.jpg","pb_title":"Scott Bush","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=1111","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Scott-Bush.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"624"},"853326":{"pb_id":"44418","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"853326","comment_id":"853326","member_id":"44418","comment":"The surprising thing to me is that it's only the first time. There have been some amazing Pre Classics in the past 5 years.","date_added":"Sep 11th 2013, 6:29pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"1082747","email_settings":"4294967295","email":"dbind4@aol.com","address":"DougB","gender":"u","member_id":"44418","member_name":"DougB","avatar_location":"av-44418.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-44418.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":176325,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-44418.jpg","pb_title":"DougB","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=44418","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/DougB.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1082747"}},"last_id":"853326","url":"comments.php?item_type=news&item_id=176325&item_url=eprofile.php?event_id=120"}