It seemed almost too good to be true. At the beginning of the 2007-2008 indoor season, Global Athletics and Marketing, Inc. announced that they would be providing on-demand video of H.S. track and field events at the Reggie Lewis Center. They called the promotion "Live From Reggie Lewis," and it was great.
On their site, you can watch videos taken at Winterfest, the team pentathlon, the Auerbach meet, all four state relays, and the McIntyre Elite relays. And then they hit a wall. Their web site apologizes, saying "Due to scheduling conflicts, the MSTCA Coaches Invitational Track Meet (2/2/08) and the MSTCA Coaches Invitational Elite Track Meet (2/3/08) were not filmed."
Not only that, there is no mention of the Mass. Divisional championships, the All-State meet, or the New England championships. Somewhat ominously, the ads on the site are still promoting the Boston Indoor Games, held at the end of January.
So what happened? Was it just MSTCA meets? Do the other meets fall outside of the MSTCA's jurisdiction? Whatever the explanation, it seems a shame that the biggest meets of the year are not being covered.
It's enough to make me want to dust off the old clunky 20th century video camera and take some videos myself.
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Jon,
I think the partnership was always with MSTCA, so the MIAA stuff wouldn't be allowed. It's too bad, since the MIAA meets are of course, the most important and have had some of the best races.
It's really too bad that a "scheduling conflict" kept them from filming the Elite and Coaches meets, since there were some great races to watch.
I guess beggars can't be choosers, but I agree that something like this should be in existance for all big meets at Reggie. The camera's already set up, why not broadcast this stuff for everyone?
Jon, are you volunteering to be the "backup" camera guy if Live from Reggie doesnt show? I second that nomination!
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