Florida head coach Mike Holloway did not mince words when he voiced his concern over the shrinking connection between track and field and professional football. Speaking on a Ready Set Go podcast in June 2025 alongside Olympic champion Justin Gatlin and veteran coach Rodney Green, Holloway remarked, “The days of the football track guy are probably done… These guys are making, like, a quarter million dollars—or more—to play football. You think teams are going to risk that investment by letting them run track? I don’t think so.” The statement highlighted a growing trend in which professional football has moved away from a practice once fundamental to enhancing speed and explosiveness.

Holloway, with his experience coaching World Champion hurdler Grant Holloway, underscored that while

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