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Apr 6, 2021
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WJCougar
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Of track and field...nope. That money would be better spent on a sport...
....that might actually bring in revenue.
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A look at Oregon’s new, $270M track & field complex.
Everyman
4/6/21 12:51pm
What a waste of money
WJCougar
4/6/21 12:52pm
jealous? I am
run26
4/6/21 1:05pm
Of track and field...nope. That money would be better spent on a sport...
WJCougar
4/6/21 1:34pm
When you have as much as Phil Knight, does it really matter?
BYUALWAYSNUM1
4/6/21 1:10pm
Well....that is true. It's like monopoly money to him.
WJCougar
4/6/21 1:34pm
Why?
Motherchucker
4/6/21 1:20pm
not at all, it's a Track and Field mecca in North America
The Pope
4/6/21 1:26pm
Track and Field brings in very little if any revenue.
WJCougar
4/6/21 1:33pm
true of most, and probably UO's program as well. I was looking at it from a
The Pope
4/6/21 1:58pm
Not everything is a business decision
Motherchucker
4/6/21 2:13pm
Oregon's track and field program would be scary to send a daughter IMO.
Lance71
4/6/21 12:53pm
You meant Mary Cain. And her issues were on the pro side, at Nike U. Not at Oregon.
Turnpike Lane
4/6/21 12:56pm
You are right.
Lance71
4/6/21 12:59pm
A lot of shady stuff has gone on at Oregon and with coaches that are there too
RUNBYU1
4/6/21 2:55pm
Cool. I want to go check it out
Cougar-Duck
4/6/21 12:53pm
Is there anything that even comes close to that currently?
Yiowa
4/6/21 12:54pm
They won't. But running is Phil Knight's passion project. He was a runner at Oregon after all. Why he co-founded Nike.
Turnpike Lane
4/6/21 12:57pm
They are going to host world (every year) and olympic qualifying events (every 4
Coach's Dad
4/6/21 1:18pm
I'm guessing they'll hold the indoor national Championsh there, maybe often?
BYUALWAYSNUM1
4/6/21 1:04pm
It's an outdoor facility.
Coach's Dad
4/6/21 1:19pm
That will be tough to host Indoor track then 🙂
WJCougar
4/6/21 1:35pm
Host an Olympics someday?
OU Cougar
4/6/21 1:05pm
Maximum capacity is 25,000. Most Olympic hosting stadiums seat 60,000 plus.
RH84025
4/6/21 1:10pm
Olympic trials, yes. Olympics, no way
LiveCoug
4/6/21 1:11pm
the world championships will be there next year
All-American Coug
4/6/21 8:56pm
This was the last project that my bishop growing up completed before passing
cornellcoug
4/6/21 1:14pm
Some of those masks were a little low on the nose. I am literally shaking
Ojiisan
4/6/21 1:14pm
Unless there is women's beach volley ball, I'm out
Notparticularly
4/6/21 2:11pm
My sister and her husband both got to run at the debut meet last week. The
RUNBYU1
4/6/21 2:57pm
When nike founders are worth 50+ billion this is what you get.
Stev_ie
4/6/21 3:42pm
You would think he'd put that money into uglier-than-a-mud-fence Autzen Stadium.
LEDSFW
4/6/21 3:58pm
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