The NIL deals at first really confused me but not so much anymore. Rather than throw major bank at these athletes, you throw them a smaller amount of cash and get them for a trial run.
But I have no idea how much less these deals are than if they were full time pros? Does anyone know? Do they get 25%, 50%, 75% of a normal contract? I have no idea.
Let's hope she got at least 20k ;)
If I was doing contracts, I think I would be paying more for NIL than I would for all but the top half dozen pros. Who cares about some girl running a 4:02 and being 6th at US compared to someone running 4:10 and get tv time at relays, conference, and national meets. And I bet most have better name recognization among the HS crowd (i.e. a good chunk of the track market).
And realistically a good chunk of the value is in looking good and social media posts versus track performance. That is the world we live in.
This thread is about Valby, not Tuohy. Last time I saw these two, Valby was winning a national championship while Tuohy got smoked and then QUIT on her second race. Headcase is right. Gotta love the "dumb blonde" comments from the Tuohyites. When your girl gets blown away by seven different college runners in 2 days while Valby is winning, you guys can only resort to name calling.
The NIL deals at first really confused me but not so much anymore. Rather than throw major bank at these athletes, you throw them a smaller amount of cash and get them for a trial run.
But I have no idea how much less these deals are than if they were full time pros? Does anyone know? Do they get 25%, 50%, 75% of a normal contract? I have no idea.
Let's hope she got at least 20k ;)
You need better reading comprehension skills, Rojo. He's confused that she's saying she's the first athlete, not about the deal's workings itself.
It’s funny how many downvotes this has when it is literally correct about what I was saying. Almost like everyone on this site needs to work on their reading comprehension.
This thread is about Valby, not Tuohy. Last time I saw these two, Valby was winning a national championship while Tuohy got smoked and then QUIT on her second race. Headcase is right. Gotta love the "dumb blonde" comments from the Tuohyites. When your girl gets blown away by seven different college runners in 2 days while Valby is winning, you guys can only resort to name calling.
It's funny - you say it's not about Tuohy, but she's clearly renting a lot of space in your head. Freaking fanboys need to get it through their heads - rooting or even admiring one athlete is not a zero sum game. It doesn't have to be 'I love Parker - Tuohy sucks' or vice versa. Have a lot of great athletes is good for the sport - hyperfocus on any one athlete comes at the expense of the rest of the field. This is what happened in golf - it was all Tiger Woods all the time, and when he wasn't in an event, nobody cared.
She is going to earn more than any distance runner in history.
Well then she better start running and winning more races and entering races with pros in them. So far she’s not that impressive except for her outdoor 5K title.
The NIL deals at first really confused me but not so much anymore. Rather than throw major bank at these athletes, you throw them a smaller amount of cash and get them for a trial run.
But I have no idea how much less these deals are than if they were full time pros? Does anyone know? Do they get 25%, 50%, 75% of a normal contract? I have no idea.
Let's hope she got at least 20k ;)
If I was doing contracts, I think I would be paying more for NIL than I would for all but the top half dozen pros. Who cares about some girl running a 4:02 and being 6th at US compared to someone running 4:10 and get tv time at relays, conference, and national meets. And I bet most have better name recognization among the HS crowd (i.e. a good chunk of the track market).
And realistically a good chunk of the value is in looking good and social media posts versus track performance. That is the world we live in.
Maybe in a different world Valby would have gotten paid and Nike would have foundsomething--table scraps even--to offer a runner such as Olivia Markezich (a three-season gamer who stays healthy and races often; almost always on or near the podium at big meets across multiple events; has already entered the company of Frerichs and Wayment as the greatest NCAA steeplechasers of all-time; current trajectory marks her as a future Olympian; a thrilling runner to watch--a smooth, controlled racer with a devastating kick).
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