Track and field just isn't the sport to be in if making money is your goal, even when you're king or queen of the hill. Hocker will, of course, cash in (and that's fabulous) on his Olympic gold medal, he likely already had a good contract, and some of the big names in t&f who failed to do well in the Olympics already had rich contracts, but compare t&f with the Professional Golf Association. So far (as the money list will still change this year) in 2024 Chad Ramey ($1,007,630) and then 109 men ahead of him on the 2024 PGA money list have already earned over $1,000,000 from their finishing positions in tournaments. That's just a little bit more money than a typical athlete in t&f gets from a sponsor.
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All overpaid Juicers.
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What's your problem with man buns?
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Work Commute Track Club wrote:
He’s the most boring champion, at least he’s America. And most likely clean.
He literally did not even smile during the medal ceremony. was weird man
His dad’s reaction when he won more than made up for it.
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boys, please. life is about a lot more than money.
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to say he's boring is hilarious. like kipchoge?
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Sothisishow wrote:
Feel like Nike would give the fattest bonus for Gold out of every other sponsor. I remember people knew what the bonus was or an estimate of it back then for an Olympic Medal/Gold. I was just curious if this Gold would boost him into millionaire status with Nike. What does this mean financially for him.
If Jacob gets the WR in Lausanne or Zurich then Cole won't get as much. Classic argument.... would you rather have Oly Gold or a WR?
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Sothisishow wrote:
Feel like Nike would give the fattest bonus for Gold out of every other sponsor. I remember people knew what the bonus was or an estimate of it back then for an Olympic Medal/Gold. I was just curious if this Gold would boost him into millionaire status with Nike. What does this mean financially for him.
Didn't Nike cut Leo Manzano after he won a silver?
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dude has no tan, does he train on a treadmill?
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dd
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Needs a tan, a hair cut and to shave down?
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You can become a millionaire even if you don't win a big gold medal. Ask Nick Symmods or Galen Rupp.
Hocker should develop a business sense like Symmonds and sell his own brands of various stuff. I will license him my invention years ago (on these boards) of the motivating electroshock device to make a runner kick better. We'll call it the Hocker Shocker81 -
It sounds like Hocker believes this gold could be life-changing. Whether it will make him a millionaire depends on the amount and value of the gold. If it’s substantial, it might indeed have that impact.
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I'm reliably informed of at least one Nike middle distance olympic gold bonus being 7 figures
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I don’t even think he’s referring to money. This sort of win will reinforce his self-belief that he is one of the best in the world. It’ll change how he competes at the world stage from now on.
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Pay my arses. Guy clearly doped and so did Rooks Fisher Kessler and the goose. I’m not impressed the USA middle and long distance guys are suddenly all winning at the same time ?
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Chinese swimming doping American distance doping, what a lovely pair ooohhh.la la yeah…
Talk about hypocrisy both are just as bad as one another.
Just wanna ask did America and china sign a pact to do what they are doing? Win win for all sounds like a good bargain
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Hocker needs to get some lip injections before Nike gives him commercials.
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So many American male medalist in the distance events? What’s the world coming to now? Clayton young and Connerantz next for Marathon 1-2 or 2-3? At what point will this stop? Nuff is nuff. Put a stop.
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