Let’s Talk Track & Field Fandom

I recently wrote about IAAF’s decision to shorten Diamond League meets in an effort to make meets more digestible and easier to broadcast. Ok, so why would IAAF do this? Why do they feel Track & Field needs revamping this way? What is the state of Track & Field fandom?

First a little background.

On March 11th it was revealed that IAAF had approved a new set of diamond league guidelines that would affect the 2020 season. These guidelines were:

1. The evaluation criteria introduced in 2018…