http://www.milesplit.com/artic...-san-diego
Looks like he's signed with Adidas now that the Powell's have left Oregon and will continue training with his current coach
Scottykrutz wrote:
http://www.milesplit.com/artic...-san-diego
Looks like he's signed with Adidas now that the Powell's have left Oregon and will continue training with his current coach
Pure Hate Pupil wrote:
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Welcome, fresh meat. [Proceeds to hand Josh Hoey a severed doll head].
I had no idea who he was until I saw the news this afternoon, but it struck me that there was no mention of what he is going to do, other than become a professional runner. Is he simply foregoing college, at least for the foreseeable future? I've never been a big fan of the NCAA, and I think that many young people have made bad decisions in choosing colleges based on a particular school's athletic program and the carrot of an "athletic scholarship," but I'd be uneasy about letting a planned 800-meter career completely derail a formal education at this point.
xzcvzcxv wrote:
I'd say it would have been much better for him to go to college..
Predictor wrote:
Is he really going pro or is he just skipping college in the hopes of getting a pro contract? If he shows the same improvement as Slagowski and some other early developers, he may be running 1:52 in the future and be without a contract or NCAA eligibility.
rojo wrote:
My thoughts?
This is disgusting and what's wrong with modern society. Honestly, that's what I'm thinking now. Admittedly that's an uninformed view.
When I first saw it, I was like, "Is this a joke?"
A 1:47 guy goes pro. Why? Why wouldn't you want to go to college - it's the best 4 years of your life? Why would adidas want to sponsor a 1:47 guy?
I've never believed that the NCAA is bad for athletes whether it's football, basketball or track. College gives you reasonable goals. Now this guy can get his head beat in until he runs 1:44 and is relevant.
The only thing that makes me think this isn't the dumbest thing ever is he's got Terrence Mahon as a coach and Wetmore as an agent. I respect both of those guys. But the idea that the shoe companies need to pay people to go pro early pisses me off. I love college track. Let them be good there, develop a brand and then go pro.
And I also think 800 guys can be some of the hardest to develop. Now he's decent at xc right (just looked it up 7th fastest at PA state xc meet) so he's probably not a pure speed guy which is good. Actually, I just did some more research and he ran a 4:11 mile as a sophomore. Won Millrose mile this year. Ok, I'm feeling better than I initially was. If a pure 800 1:47 guy went pro, I'd be going crazy. I still don't like it. I just dont' think the point of modern society should be to maximize earnings and don't think we should be having guys go pro for a WNBA salary.
Naw dawg he's gonna train pro but definitely get a college degree, similar to what Drew Hunter is doing. Obviously I don't know the guy but there's no way that he'd pass up a college education to be a pro runner a couple years earlier unless he's stupid
Avocado's Number wrote:
xzcvzcxv wrote:
I'd say it would have been much better for him to go to college..
I had no idea who he was until I saw the news this afternoon, but it struck me that there was no mention of what he is going to do, other than become a professional runner. Is he simply foregoing college, at least for the foreseeable future? I've never been a big fan of the NCAA, and I think that many young people have made bad decisions in choosing colleges based on a particular school's athletic program and the carrot of an "athletic scholarship," but I'd be uneasy about letting a planned 800-meter career completely derail a formal education at this point.