Gabby Thomas goes pro - signs with NB

C/M Runner wrote:

Nonsense at best wrote:

Their have been no details of the contract released. Fake news as the say. A reporter floating numbers for a reaction.

NB as all shoe companies ask contract details be kept confidential.

I think Gabby shared it with the reporter, not fully understanding the NDA clause. She's blabbed on other stuff before (ranting about her training conditions at Harvard on social media in a multi-part twitter post) only to later remove them after a few hours.

I missed this -- do you remember any specific concerns?

yepbiased wrote:

rojo wrote:

"Look call me biased...With the mixed gender stuff being forced down everyone's throats..."

-Rojo

Yep, I will say that you're incredibly biased and do not hesitate to keep your political leanings out of what you write on here. The way that you wrote that is simply unnecessary. Transgender folks have it hard enough without you offering your views.

The Mixed Gender 4x400 relay is an event where a team has two males and to females make up the 4 person teams. Many T&F Fans do not see it adding any value to the list of T&F events and question why IAAF is pushing so hard to add this event while scaling down participation or number of attempts in other long standing events.

Now here is a PC based statement>>

On the other hand a relay made up of transgender athletes might afford a level playing field event for transgender athletes on the world stage.

600-400-400-800 fits in to the new IAAF testosterone rule--

--

It was a multi-tweet rant, ranging from how “little respect” varsity athletes get from fellow students and professors on campus, what little support there is for track athletes on a IL campus, how she had to keep moving in/out of apartments over the summer (in order to get low rent and avoid the cockroaches), and then moaned about how some teammates don’t put the same priorities in trying to reach NCAAs and just aim for conference meets. A lot of it made it sound like she felt entitled to more than what she’s experiencing on campus.

The sad thing is that she teased about releasing the rant at 3pm, released said rant at 9pm, and then deleted the tweets by the next morning.

Good for New Balance.

Gabby was #2 on their draft board behind Sydney McLaughlin, and once they were out of the Syd race, they signed Gabby.

I think she is world class, but she is not Gold Level material, so an over-spend in my opinion.

Definitely reshapes the Ivy sprinting events. Will be interesting to watch "her" events this year.

Hopefully the Contract goes until the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, This shows she loves Track as she is probably getting paid a lot less than she could with a Harvard Degree, Based On Chelsea Clinton, Got more than double that for her FIRST job after college, and a Harvard Degree I am sure pays more than a Stanford Degree.

Looked it up Hillary Clinton got 600k for her first job after college, So I would guess a Harvard grad would get double that. If that is the case then Gabby Thomas is sacrificing a Million a year to continue in Track.

Seriously mate? wrote:

curious guy wrote:

I think it's funny that there are so many runners thinking college track holds them back. Then when they are pros and have no structure they often run worse.

::cough:: Hannah Cunliffe ::cough:: ::cough::

::COUGH:: CANDACE HILL::COUGH::COUGH::

douglas burke wrote:

Looked it up Hillary Clinton got 600k for her first job after college, So I would guess a Harvard grad would get double that. If that is the case then Gabby Thomas is sacrificing a Million a year to continue in Track.

There is literally 0% chance that Hillary made that type of salary smack out of college in the late '60s

Awsi Dooger wrote:

douglas burke wrote:

Looked it up Hillary Clinton got 600k for her first job after college, So I would guess a Harvard grad would get double that. If that is the case then Gabby Thomas is sacrificing a Million a year to continue in Track.

There is literally 0% chance that Hillary made that type of salary smack out of college in the late '60s

LOL, My Bad, I meant Chelsea.

douglas burke wrote:

Awsi Dooger wrote:

There is literally 0% chance that Hillary made that type of salary smack out of college in the late '60s

LOL, My Bad, I meant Chelsea.

Love that people on this board think that Chelsea Clinton is a good example of an average Stanford grad in terms of starting salary so a Harvard grad would immediately be worth more, regardless of any other variables.

How tall is she?

I sometimes don't understand what is the difference between sportswear for running and this kind of sports swimsuits? http://wearion.com/style/racerback-plus-size-swimwear/ At first glance, they are virtually no different. Yes, you can say about the quality of the material.... But I'm talking about the visual.

Rojo that argument makes no sense . Harvard gives no sports scholarships so whatever assistance she is getting she will still get even though she isn’t running track . She is a talent so instead of running a bunch of podunk meets she is too fast for , she gets paid and runs against world class competition. Easy choice .

PS. If you are tv exec and want announcers to be exciting when they call a race and anticipate what is about to happen, please see the following clip. I was looking forward to more calls like this in 2019:

I'm changing the topic but I LOVE this.

My friend and I often talk about the horrible announcing in every sport- it's not JUST T&F.

They seem to like to listen to themselves talk instead of calling the game/race.

As an example- watch the French broadcast of the Bosse winning 2017 Worlds.

I don't understand a word of French and it's 1000x's more exciting than any NBC race.

Call the freaking race.

The British announcers are talking about everyone- their positioning, the moves and not worrying about some human interest story about the favorite's grandmother's health issues.

runn wrote:

I'm changing the topic but I LOVE this.

Call the freaking race.

The British announcers are talking about everyone.

Also sorry for the hi-jack but this is a topic that needs covering. USATF admitted 20 years ago that they were following the NBA coverage model of choosing a handful of stars and ramming them down our throat. They DO NOT call the race. They focus on one or two and beat us over the head with it. Look at the Boston coverage yesterday; Simpson and Ches were half a lap behind yet that is all they talked about. Coburn was far over her head in that mile field yet the camera and talk followed her bumbling and stumbling in the third pack. They missed what could have been very compelling RACES at the front. I think they still believe they are trying to draw in casual viewers when the truth is only die-hard fans watch and are even risking turning them away with this approach.

All this said, while Thomas is an outstanding runner with great promise, I do not see how NB would recoup even a fraction of their investment on a 400 runner outside of Syd. It seems that $ could be utilized on some sort of promotion to attract hobby jogger buyers. Their approach must include aspects that I am unaware.

LKJLK wrote:

Good for New Balance.

Gabby was #2 on their draft board behind Sydney McLaughlin, and once they were out of the Syd race, they signed Gabby.

I think she is world class, but she is not Gold Level material, so an over-spend in my opinion.

Uh, they won the "Syd race" in case you missed that.