Sydney McLaughlin out of Monaco???

That's a bummer. Maybe she needs a rest? Why hasn't she competed in the DL? She could clean up.

She's barely raced all year. How could she need rest?

This is really disappointing..if I was her sponsor and paying her the Amount of money she is supposedly getting, if want her racing more then 2-3 meets a year… everyone is always dissing BTC because they never raced but they race way more than Syd does. Disappointed.

How should I know? I'm just speculating.

Sydney does do appearances for New Balance and has broken the word record in their kit twice in the past year.

I agree it’d be better for them and for the sport to see her in more non-championship races, but no one in her camp is going to complain while she’s putting up these results.

TRP on YouTube has a chart. I think she had 7 races this yr. The Jamaican girls around 15, and Abby Steiner 57.

You can't argue with the quality.

And people wonder why the American public cares so little about T&F. American athletes either only running team time trials or racing so infrequently.

What's your point? She's also set the WR twice in Nike kit as well.

Is the race that she'll be running in Budapest a 400 or 400h?

And is it the same stadium where the World Championships will be held next year?

They are getting their money's worth from Mclaughlin. BTC, not so much. How many shoes do you thing Fischer sells by running in Capistrano High School in front of zero fans?

I was responding to the earlier argument that Sydney’s sponsors must (or should) take issue with her limited race schedule. My point is that New Balance probably isn’t as peeved as we are that McLaughlin doesn’t race more often. She is easily their highest-value signing, probably ever.

If we’re talking about sponsor value in the sport, you can’t ask for much more than one of your athletes claiming a world record and Sydney does this easily and often.

Half of Sydney’s records are in the USA Nike kit, but there’s nothing Sydney or New Balance can do about that. It’d be cool for the fans if she raced more non-championships races in her sponsor’s kit, but I doubt they care enough to make a stink so long as she’s getting results.

I love to see her race more often but she delivers every single time at the biggest stage, so I can't complain.

I too am speculating, but I fear NB cares more about social media stuff than irl/DL racing

Perhaps remove the speculum before speculating.

Her honeymoon has worn her out?

Think again. She hasn't gone on her honeymoon yet.

I’d actually go as far as I think BTC and Fisher may sell more Nike and BTC apparel because of their group. Whenever anyone from BTC race, you hear the announcers say multiple times, “grant fisher with Nikes BTC” or “Elise cranny with Nikes BTC”… when Sydney runs, you never hear “Sydney McLaughlin with NB” or anything of that manner.. so in all actuality, the average fan or teenage girl tuning into the tv tk watch those races probably doesn’t even know she is represented by NB, but they have heard multiple times within thst same time snap about Nike and BTC.

The difference between making $2M base salary and $200k is that you don't have to chase cash. You win titles.