Brooks is a pretty small team that puts a lot of emphasis and effort into having runners who will represent the brand well at the highest level. With Josh Kerr winning global medals and a world title plus a world record and British records I’d ballpark his salary after bonuses and endorsements around 4-500k. Not to mention appearance fees
Jakob's net worth around 5mil according to multiple sources and he has 0 employees. Just his brothers and he's best in the world. SAY G JOSH KERR HAD TO HIGHER 5 EMPLOYEES JUST TO BEAT JAKOB IN THE 1500 WORLD CHAMPS ANDDDD THEN GO TALK TRASH ABOUT HIM HAVING ONLY BEAT HIM 1 TIME. (Kerr also beat him 1 other time in some heats but that doesn't count)
Is this net? Because prize money + his main sponsorship alone would be around 200k. I do think that whatever he makes isn't enough to pay 4-5 people full-time though, unless their salaries are extremely low or he has money coming in from elsewhere.
I'd be shocked if they weren't all contractors who have several other clients. but if they are almost immediately available to him it serves the purpose.
even at my school we have a social media person contracted who also works for other schools. I'm sure it's a similar setup
Runners will literally train for less than three hours per day and still pay someone to post on instagram for them. Impressive.
unless it's something you enjoy, just thinking about it can be a stressor. like how Obama said he only had something like 2 or 3 options for what to wear. keeps your mind focuses on what is actually important and free of non sensical stressors
Don’t think this was spoken about here yet. Kerr says he has 4-5 employees, many of which are full time. I get the chef. But he has an operations lead to book travel and interviews and also a separate person for social media. Says the social media person just tells him to post so not even doing much. Also said if he has to spend a million to make a million (and win gold) it’s worth it. I’m fine with that but there’s no way he needs 4-5 employees of which 3-4 might be full time. Booking travel shouldn’t be full time. Telling you to post on social media shouldn’t be full time. You have to compensate the chef full time if they are cooking every meal but who else? Seems like he’s obsessed with himself and hires people to do things just to make himself feel important
Well, the social media person is most likely Allie O since she recently revealed that she does it for Nia Akins as well. Probably not a huge expense there since I believe she works pretty cheaply on a stipend of Zoloft and Scooby snacks.
He clearly has an inferiority complex and needs to feel important. Personal chef is wife of a Brooks employee that probably does batch cooking, not there every meal asking "Hey Josh, what do you want for lunch?".
Then he must have a nutritionist, who will have lots of other clients.
Obviously, an agent, also with other client.
A sports shrimp, with other clients.
Media person.....
He is so full of himself that wants to appear important. You can tell by his clothes and style. He needs to attract attention and he tries to do by boasting, dressing up, and trying to mess with other people.
He makes me laugh with his physiological war with Jakob.
Jakob, on the other hand, attracts attention by being himself. He is authentic. Josh is a clown.
He clearly has an inferiority complex and needs to feel important. Personal chef is wife of a Brooks employee that probably does batch cooking, not there every meal asking "Hey Josh, what do you want for lunch?".
Then he must have a nutritionist, who will have lots of other clients.
Obviously, an agent, also with other client.
A sports shrimp, with other clients.
Media person.....
He is so full of himself that wants to appear important. You can tell by his clothes and style. He needs to attract attention and he tries to do by boasting, dressing up, and trying to mess with other people.
He makes me laugh with his physiological war with Jakob.
Jakob, on the other hand, attracts attention by being himself. He is authentic. Josh is a clown.
You don't think Jakob has someone cooking for him? Doing his social media? Entering him in races? Negotiating his appearance fees?
Why are you so hung up on Kerr? Because he's winning? Does that bother you?
He clearly has an inferiority complex and needs to feel important. Personal chef is wife of a Brooks employee that probably does batch cooking, not there every meal asking "Hey Josh, what do you want for lunch?".
Then he must have a nutritionist, who will have lots of other clients.
Obviously, an agent, also with other client.
A sports shrimp, with other clients.
Media person.....
He is so full of himself that wants to appear important. You can tell by his clothes and style. He needs to attract attention and he tries to do by boasting, dressing up, and trying to mess with other people.
He makes me laugh with his physiological war with Jakob.
Jakob, on the other hand, attracts attention by being himself. He is authentic. Josh is a clown.
Yeah, whatever dude.
Jakob's already lost because he's not even going to be in Paris.
No way a dude who has less net worth than the average American doctor has 4-5 employees . Who does he think he is , the 1500m Olympic champ ? Usain Bolt?
Noting his reference to first-class trips, annual cost is likely $50000-100k USD (at high end).
The doctor/lawyer comparison is about right, as many busy two-income households in that salary range will start to consider a level of domestic or business/admin assistance as a better spend than premium travel, especially young families.
If one of a busy couple has very high admin needs as an owner-operator (blue- or white-collar), partner in a firm, or doing well in sales (including real estate), then an admin. assistant becomes a fair option, and low cost services can be available via many low- and middle-income countries.
If you have a lot of travel and client meetings, and you don't personally have the IT infrastructure or knowhow to manage clients and CRM-type stuff, the value can be high.
Probably success in running (especially consistently and over the long term) does benefit more than most other pursuits from a higher level of personal ownership on nearly every front, and if the chef is there to make more exciting/tasty food more than nutrition that's ok, but this is a sport of sacrifice to some extent.
That said, we've all been there with heavy training loads leaving less energy to cook meals and so on (even as singles without full-time work), and probably the chef is better than resorting to pre-made food delivery, allowing that can bring sponsorships.
Pretty sure Windle had a 50k contract right out of college so he’s definitely higher than that lol has anyone confirmed that these aren’t Brooks employees that do this stuff for him and not his own entourage of people?
Why is this a big deal worthy of criticism? Top athletes in major sports have entire companies to manage their affairs. We should consider it a good thing that a track athlete makes enough money to pay a few employees. Social media can be important for getting more endorsements and paid posts as another source of income. Makes sense to have a social media manager that could pay for itself in additional engagement and sales.