ROBBY ANDREWS SIGNS WITH ADIDAS!!!

Good for him. So glad to see not everyone go to Nike.

As a "professional," Andrews needs some financial stability so regardless of what races are when, a contract ASAP was in his best interest. Going into credit card debt to survive isn't an appropriate lifestyle choice when there is an alternative to get paid.

Contracts aren't as simple as "you can have this now, or you can have more later if X or less if Y." As with many athletes, he most likely has a guaranteed money acceptable to both sides with performance incentives acceptable to both sides.

10yrs/60million

i'm happy for Andrews because he really deserves a long-term deal, but a little bummed because i was hoping Nike would pick him up. He trains with Webb, a nike athlete, so i figured it would work out best if they both represented Nike... or maybe because im a big fan of Nike. they're really missing out, because he's the future in american mid0distance running.

mpanzica wrote:

i'm happy for Andrews because he really deserves a long-term deal, but a little bummed because i was hoping Nike would pick him up. He trains with Webb, a nike athlete, so i figured it would work out best if they both represented Nike... or maybe because im a big fan of Nike. they're really missing out, because he's the future in american mid0distance running.

Doesn't it get old seeing everyone go to Nike? Races look so stupid having a line of Nike athletes all wearing the same freaking singlet. Track needs variety to add a little excitement.

refreshing to have an up and coming star NOT signing with Nike.

Seabass. wrote:

10yrs/60million

Seriously?! That is way more than I thought, congrats RA! It's about time our best track athletes start to get paid the big bucks like hoops and baseball.

Dude that was the biggest jokety joke ever. He's probably getting 100-200k/yr.

Sp!kes wrote:

Seabass. wrote:

10yrs/60million

Seriously?! That is way more than I thought, congrats RA! It's about time our best track athletes start to get paid the big bucks like hoops and baseball.

175k per year for 5 yrs would be a better guess

That still seems too high

Western 1 wrote:

175k per year for 5 yrs would be a better guess

I'd bet that the yearly guarantee is closer to 75k with lots of incentives or bonuses and bumps for certain achievements.

Andrews can be seen as still on the rise. He's done what? Won the NCAA's and run one good 1500m. He hasn't really mixed on the world scene yet, and he is very inexperienced race tactics wise...

So, adidas made a good gamble, TONS of upside for adidas on this and little risk...as it was clear from Robbies begging for gear, that there was not a bidding war for him...

Way too high

Purdue Grad1 wrote:

That still seems too high

I heard you're full of it

Andrews would command more than 175K per even in this compressed market

Seabass. wrote:

10yrs/60million

I am skeptical of this claim, considering Rupp signed a 7 year/$17 million deal.

Or maybe not

His upside is pretty big, he looked amazing at Penn wins and NCAA's win and second year before and in heats the year he finihsed second

Looked very very good in first 1500 this year

Maybe that is what $175K per looks like, I think they would have paid more, more like 225-300K based on opportunity cost

You kind of have to over pay for the possibility of upsetting the machine, right?

Rupp signed what? What is your validation of that deal?

Almost 2.5 per base for 7 years?

I think not, unless you can verify that

Right Take off a zero, and you're in more realistic territory

Selleckman wrote:

I am skeptical of this claim, considering Rupp signed a 7 year/$17 million deal.

There is no way that either Rupp or Andrews signed for anywhere near the money mentioned.

Andrews, as noted earlier, is 65K with incentives that could bump him to just over 100K.

Rupp, is close to 225K per year with incentives that would push him up to 400K.

Andrews should feel damn lucky to get a deal like this, hope he doesn't screw it up.. addidas will not look so kindly on his gf wearing his singlet and posting on twitter.