Grant Holloway voiced his frustration over USATF’s decision to stream the Indoor Championships.
Reigning Olympic 110m hurdles champion Grant Holloway has slammed USATF for denying fans the right to watch the national indoor championships live in action for free.
As per tradition, the USATF Indoor Championships have always been free to air but this season, things have changed and fans have to pay to access the live footage.
The event is scheduled for February 22 to 23 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex but they have since received a major setback following the new changes for people who plan to stream the action.
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It was announced that there was a broadcast crew in place and chances were high that it would be streamed but the information on how the fans would access the information was scarce.
American journalist Jonathan Gault shared the news that the old USATF dot TV website was redirecting the audience to a pay-per-view site called Joymo, which was offering the non-televised portion of USA indoors for $9.99.
Following the news, Grant Holloway expressed his disappointment, urging fans not to focus on paying to watch but they would rather wait for the information on YouTube and watch it for free.
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“If you plan to watch the USATF Indoor Champs, consider waiting for it to be posted on Twitter or YouTube instead of paying for the PPV,” Holloway posted on X.
“It’s surprising that we can’t watch our own championships live, which is definitely an area that needs improvement.”
One fan commented on his post saying: “I couldn’t agree with you more. Nailed it.”
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Another fan shared: “It’s on NBC Sunday.. it’s not live. I’ll watch Sunday.. taped better than nothing…”
Don Saliba added: “I rescind my Grant Holloway #hate for a day because you’re speaking facts here.”
Jonathan Gault also commented: “Not a great look for USATF when the biggest star of the meet is asking fans not to watch USA Indoors live because it’s on pay-per-view.”
Grant Holloway will be among the competitors seeking tickets to the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China but expressing his frustrations before the race is a call for USATF to do better.
The federation might not make the changes at the moment but they will be forced to do better in upcoming events if they are to maintain a strong fanbase for the athletes and enhance their marketability.
