Does Quincy Wilson go pro after the trials?

Why? He's the best 400 runner in the world for his age. Why not dedicate 100% of his time and focus to be the GOAT?

The more I think about it, the more I arrive at this conclusion: if Quincy does find a way onto this year's Olympic team, even just on the relays, I believe he will ultimately go all in as a pro after the trials. The chance to market a 16-year-old Olympian does not come around that often. He would be and to some degree already is a major story, and any shoe company would have an opportunity for millions of eyes across the world to focus on their brand if they sign him now. I think the window of economic opportunity that the Olympics provides right now will be too good to pass up. The likelihood he can sign a great contract after the trials is way better than if he waits til the next year or two. The logic of signing while your potential global exposure is at its height seems like the best move to me. We'll see, but that's my reasoning for a big all in pro move.

1) His NIL deal with New Balance was said to be worth over a million dollars, so there's no rush for money.

2) He's going to a 200K+ tuition boarding school for free, so the academics are on par to be nice

3) Listen to the dude give an interview. He's smart, humble, well-raised. He's 100% finishing high school (as he should), and I'll bet he at least graduates from college.

No rush to go pro. He races in pro meets, and he improves every time he races.

One million is good. However, if you could secure 5, 10, or 15 million right now, I would find that money hard to leave on the table. These windows aren't always open. You can get hurt or any number of things could happen in the next couple of years. I think its crazy not to sign a big contract right before the Olympics, especially if he makes the top 3 at the trials as a HS soph. Anything else is just throwing money away if he actually makes the team.

Dropping out of high school for any amount of money when he is currently progressing at an insane rate is a stupid decision.

Running in the NCAA should never be done by the exceptionally talented. It's for the mediocre and OK gifted. If you have proven you are fantastically talented, it is useless to spend your best years in drudgery for some idiotic school points when, your talents should be shining on the global stage. Why anyone would advocate for the NCAA for this select few is so darn weird.

No absolutely not. If he goes on the NCAA circuit, he stands a great chance of destroying his talent under that drudgery. That system should be left for those who are ok talented who need to cut their teeth.

Yeah I'm not saying he's a shoo-in for a spot on the team, He would be only - if he makes it to the finals and places in the top 3. Then if he does, let him run 3rd leg. Having a PB doesn't always translate to being the best on the day of asking. You have to deliver when it is time to deliver. Looking at the heats for the semis, he stands a great chance of making it to the final if he plays his cards right.

Agreed. and it definitely wouldn't be in the college system then.

Who says he would need to drop out of school It's not binary, you know. Both can be done.

Quincy may be the new model athlete. Athletes in general evolve. Quincy may be at the beginning of a new evolution and so everything you have ever known about this sport may have to be reexamined. I know it’s fun to guess and pick things a part and make comparisons but we are probably embarking on a journey to the unknown where possibilities are infinite. He may be the chosen one to take us to places never seen in this sport.

Do you have any proof for your first claim? It wouldn't shock me at all, especially if it's over his 4 years instead of 1, as he was such a star with a big social media presence that's only grown and seems friendly based on the interviews I've seen from him

I know he was part of NB's initial NIL roster - him, Englehardt, Matsatsa, Simmons, and Ali Ince (and Willis a bit earlier). I have to assume he'd be getting the most because of both his already great times and his upside but I wonder how much the rest got. I'd take a guess that the order is Englehardt and Willis, then Matsatsa, then Simmons, then Ince but I have no idea. And apparently someone here wrote he went to a NB store and they had a poster of Willis

Exactly. It seems like it would be a colossal waste of his time to run college track.

It's kind of like McLaughlin going to Kentucky for a year. It seems like a waste of time. Allyson Felix knew it was a waste of her time so she went pro right after high school.

There's levels to this. And when you're at that level, you go pro. He seems like he's at that level.