rojo wrote:
barely old enough to drive wrote:
Weird this obsession LRC has with going pro. Most pro contracts are worth peanuts. This isn’t the NBA. I made more in my first job than all but a very few US runners do in a year. I wouldn’t have skipped college for that if it was an option. It is not like 4 years of college is going to greatly change his financial future one way or another.
I see someone like Drew and I just feel sorry for them.
You feel sorry for someone who made $4 million dollars by the time h e was 28?
If I was Kessler or if I was advising him, I"d tell him, go to college and go pro. Why can't he go to NAU or Michigan, hang with the guys and gals on the team, practice with them,e tc and just race separately? I think the college experience is amazing.
The pro stuff is tough if you are solo.
Do you think Hobbs gets as much? What's the over/under?
Hobbs is clearly faster than Drew, though Drew was better for a long-time and may have had better name recognition coming out of HS from winning Footlocker, sub-4, plus all the random meets he ran fast at. Maybe that's all overshadowed by the fewer, more impressive accomplishments from Hobbs.