Colin Sahlman should skip college

Ehh.....I don't know about this one. Seems to me NAU's athletes do not get over raced and this could be a great environment for him to improve.

Depends what type of contract he gets offered. If he throws down something quick at Pre and a company offers him a big contract he should take it. Despite what people say on these boards, Drew Hunter has made way more for himself cashing in at peak hype in HS. If he was anything less than completely dominant in the NCAA, Drew would have made way less.

But think of all the parties Colin would go to! The girls always love the fastest guy at school.

He’s got a girlfriend, she’s going to Bama next year though

No. Going pro out of high school rarely (if ever) works for distance runners.

One or two years at NAU will mature him up and set him up for a good pro career. Going this young is a risk. He looked very young and fragile in that race compared to the pros. He did well but you can tell he’s much much less experienced.

Exhibit A: Drew Hunter at the Track Meet a couple minutes ago

Spoken like someone who wasn't offered a $3 million contract out of high school. Out of all the guys who have broken 4 in HS, haven't only like half of them gone on to do well afterwards? If there's a 50/50 shot that I'm not gonna get much better, you'd bet I'm taking the $3 million and just not running in the NCAA system.

Exhibit B

Jakpb Ingebritsen who won the 5000 meters tonight is 21 years old and an Olympic gold medalist. He didn’t run in college. It worked for him. It worked for Cheptegei, Kipchoge, Barega, …

going pro at a young age can certainly work in the right circumstances.

But if he goes to NAU he can train with Nico and Nur under the great coach Smith.

Besides, at NAU Colin can be a part of the greatest XC and track collegiate team in history having Nur, Nico, Bosley, Collin, Leo, Lex and Aaron.

Guarantee that Nur is gone by the time the twins arrive. At most Nur will stay for XC next year.

You have no idea what Nur will do.

Who says the twins are going to NAU? It would be great to see the team stay together and see the brothers reunite but it’s unlikely. Aron and the young twins will be courted heavily by the top schools in the nation. Chances are they chose something different than NAU.

Of course all 3 can write their ticket at any school, but NAU will be a huge draw for them, best distance running program in the country, fantastic coach, both big brothers are there, probably the best place to train in the US.

He's 5 seconds slower than Kessler still, he should go to college. If it's too easy and he wins an NCAA title he can go pro then, if not he can stay in college.

I said he should still go to NAU assuming he got some NIL money....which I am assuming. The kid knows what it is like to be on nationwide commercial already.

Nur do you.

Is there any possibility of NIL money for college track athletes?