r/Jamaica • u/capo_anniejay • 1d ago

Sports Grand Slam Track

Watching grand slam track and I'm so disappointed in the turn out so far. Jamaicans really don't appreciate things like they should. A field full of olympians and record holders and not even a full grand stand.

Its honeslty a shame and I hope Grand slam organisers pull the funding and investment. TVJ isn't even broadcasting it. Hopefully people are just late but it's so disappointing and upsetting.

Edit: I was wondering if something is happening behind the scenes as well. It's so strange to me that with the caliber of Jamaica track commentators that none were added to the broadcast. No Jamaican presence in a jamaican event is strange.

I'm wondering if the Americans went there with a "only we can do things" mentality that irked the Jamaicans, who then being Jamaicans took their hands off and said run wid it den. That lack of local knowledge really came through

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u/AndreTimoll 1d ago

Today is a work day no one that has ambition would choose a sporting event over earning money to live and achieve their goals.

If you were talking about the Saturday and Sunday turn that's a different story because most Jamaicans don't work on weekends.

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u/capo_anniejay 1d ago

Have you seen the stadium???

I get that it's a work day, and probably they should have started it a bit later. However, I've never seen stadium this empty, what makes it worse is the caliber of the athletes that are performing tonight. Grand stand is half full at best

I hope it gets better but genuinely it's not a good look for something that been marketed as a game changer for thr sport

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u/AndreTimoll 1d ago

Again it's a work day wait until tomorrow to judge attendance,also in my opinion it was poorly marketed.

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u/capo_anniejay 21h ago

Can you give me more insight into the marketing?

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u/AndreTimoll 18h ago

They used mainly social media upon until last week they started doing radio ads and giveaways that should been done from they started they social media campaign along with TV ads.

I think it's going take while to build it to a champs level.

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u/R33p04s 1d ago

The website says it’s on tvj but it’s also not very well marketed. I made the trip specifically to support. But it’s a lot to ask for 3 days (I’m only going to 1). I want the athletes paid but I fear their budget is blown and the sponsors appear to be missing and tv rights aren’t enough to properly advertise. The website is less than stellar too.

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u/Smitty876 20h ago

Also, the biggest expo on the island is taking place 200 yards away from the stadium & it's also a 3 day event.

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u/RocMon 16h ago

Great event, proud to be on the rock!