Why is Parker Valby still unsigned ?

I have no idea how much money is being discussed. But using SML as a reference, SML gets paid 1.5 million by NB. And that is for a gold medalist and wr holder who is just as marketable. Realistically no US woman is a medal threat above the 800m. So we are talking about signing someone who has a chance to make US teams and a slight medal chance. 750k?

The thing people on this forum fail to understand is that in the real world, hardly anybody knows who she is. The only time people know a runners name is for a brief period during the Olympics, once every four years, and a little here and there otherwise.

To say that she will be rich because she looks a certain way is a wild overstatement. Even in running she wouldn’t be a companies first choice to partner with because there are others who are more accomplished than her who are equally as attractive. Ie: Gaby Thomas, SML, Anna Hall etc.

Parker has a lot of potential but a lot of things have to align to make it really ‘happen’ for her

not even close. She would have to win the gold medal and she still might not get that

The offers continue to increase. You are not too bright.

Current offer is $1M per year for 5 years.

That offer does not make sense if true. What do the other top US women distance runners get?

I listened to this new podcast with Will Palmer, thinking I light learn something new, since Parker is so guarded about her training in interviews. I learned that Parker has increased her mileage significantly over the past year, and that when Palmer first got there, she was running her workouts nearly at race pace. No wonder she was getting injured. He had to work on slowing her down. He also said he frequently gets asked about how to implement cross training, and he says, “be careful what you wish for,” because she attacks these workouts very hard.

He’s interviewing Parker for next week’s episode.

^^^

Also…the way Palmer described her long runs, I can easily imagine her running a 1/2 marathon soon. She goes hard in those workouts too.

He actually said there’s really nothing unusual about her training. I think this ongoing conversation about her cross training and low mileage has taken on a life of its own, and because of the way she evades questions about her training, people assume she’s still running 25 miles a week. She loves trolling people.

May not need the money but it's still good idea to get it while you're #1 most wanted. But now that she's competing with the pros and future sponsors see where she's really placing against them. I don't think the contract will be stacked. In my opinion she would have gotten more on potential because now they see her placement the sponsors have leverage to argue against highest interest deal. I'm sure she'll do good but I any contract before the Olympics would have been better. Take the best offer when you're the biggest potential.

The apparel/shoe companies sign deals with athletes to sell more of their products. They make deals based on their evaluation of an athlete's public visibility, positive public image and potential to influence people to buy their products. All those things are somewhat, but not totally tied to the athlete's race performances. Based on the number of media articles, threads and comments here, and on other social media about Valby, she has a lot more market value than most of her peers who are at a similar running performance level.

There is a lot of just plain wrong in your post, but I highlighted the most blatant inaccuracy, because it has already been explained multiple times on this thread that due to the right-of-first-refusal-clause, entertaining and accepting offers “before the Olympics” from competing companies wasn’t even an option.

And people thinking that a 12th place finish at age 21 diminishes her marketability, is as dumb as it gets. I am shocked that the Valby haters expected her to finish top 10? Top 5? Medal? Before the Olympics, they predicted 20th place getting lapped. Instead, she ran with the leaders and the idiots claim that they expected a higher finish. Glad that fans hope for more and even haters actually ex0ect more. Guess that makes her super marketable, especially with her looks and personality. Sky is the limit for a contract.

11th. She finished in 11th place. Nico was 12th.

Still trying to understand NILs in track and field and not specific to PV I have this question: how does a right of first refusal translate into a ban on “entertaining” offers from competing companies? That makes no sense. The clause would be in place specifically to allow its holder (in the case of PV, Nike) to match any offer the athlete is considering from a rival company as she entertains offers from other companies. The clause is designed specifically with an expectation of these discussions, not to ban them.

For a limited period of time, any offer PV received from adidas or NB or any other company the Valbys would have to take to Nike to see if Nike wants to match it and sign her or let her go on her way. Once the clause expires, she would be free to sign with anyone. So another potential scenario here (already pointed out I’m sure) is that if indeed there is some sort of post-NIL clause involved, the delay in signing has nothing at all to do with money. It may instead be a desire to sign with another company and Nike’s continued willingness to match any offer means the Valbys have to wait for the clause to expire before they can sign with a rival.

For someone eager to point out where another is “just plain wrong,” there seems to be at least one glaring misunderstanding in your own post.

Why would any company table a serious offer knowing their competitor can effectively block it?