Katelyn Tuohy Should keep Her Eligibility! NCAA Distance Roundtable pro vs college decisions! NIL and Olympics postmortem

Nice man I feel like you're looking out for the fans

What are the odds that you even makes the Olympic team, or an Olympic final?

Pretty slim

2032 is her year

Talk of triples is crazy. And if she doubles, it's not going to be a 10K/1500 double, it will be a 1500/5K double. That 10K she ran last week was a one and done type of thing. She won't run another 10K while a collegiate runner and probably not for a few years after going pro.

I meant in 2025 she could try to do a triple or a more doubles... She'll be stronger by then

Redshirt spring 2024, then has full year of eligibility 2025 track

10k 1500 double not that tough considering not much comp at 10k

Whichever decision results in less threads being made here about her on this message board is the one she should choose.

Surest bet is to go pro now because she could get injured tomorrow and never get a contract.

She already has a contract. Why not continue to get a free education for a higher-level degree now, with all the benefits of the college environment for free, AND get her NIL money?

Wouldn't sponsors want her to stay in college? I mean how many fans really follow women's distance running on the pro level and especially if you're finishing like fourth or fifth...

It seems like way more people watch college sports than pro running at least in America...

Because it ends next year and she gets nothing after that if she gets injured. She could go pro today amd sign a big long term contract that includes paying for school.

Yes her sponsor loves that she is in college but she can't sign a long term pro contract. So the sponsor makes out great. There is no risk for them if she gets injured down the road or gets slow or loses interest. Everything is in real time.

Her pro contract will likely be larger spring of '24 since she is a "potential" Olympic qualifier with a ton of hype behind her than it would be in spring/summer of '25 if she misses the team or performs poorly/gets injured the following year. Not to mention that progression isn't linear for everyone. If she hits a temporary peak and is running the same times next year and not showing the constant improvement trajectory she is currently on, her value/hype could dwindle.

Plus in her interviews she pretty much always comes back to XC and the team aspect as the part she enjoys the most. That's why the fall '23 season is viewed as a last hurrah going for a 3 peat before she goes pro. The team is likely to be considerably worse in '24-25 (unless they have a massive transfer overhaul) than it has been the last few years with Chmiel/Bush/Tyynismaa/Seymour/Hays/Mareno etc., all gone.

What you said makes absolutely zero sense!

Why wouldn't a sponsor just sign her to a multi-year NIL deal?

I mean whatever pro contract she might get could just be structured as an NIL deal for the same number of years?

You realize you don't have to be in college to get an NIL deal but it's the type of deal that is accepted as valid for college athletes

I'm just saying whatever sponsors would want to sign her would benefit more from her competing in college as well as doing the big pro meets as well

So say 2025 she could run the three major college championships fall winter and spring and then also compete in the major pro championships like Millrose games

But if she turns pro then all she has is a couple of meats like Millrose and maybe some road races or something is like nothing else going to be going on 2025 professionals who aren't good enough to run on the diamond league

So basically what you said only makes sense in the context of before college players could sign and nil deals

As far as I know there's nothing stopping anyone from signing like a 5-year NIL deal with a sponsor that's good whether they're in college or out of college

overhyped my arse, IT’S TUOHYMANIA BABY!!!!!$$$$💪🤘

Tuohy will go pro to dodge Valby, she is terrified of what Valby could do with tangents lessons, some light mileage, and a healthy leg

Uh oh!!!!!!!!!🤣