Parker Valby says she quit after SECs

I'm more interested to see what the scam was. I get that NIL pays athletes a lot, but what college student has $20k laying around and falls for such a scam?

I only received a small allowance per year, and only the very richest students at my college (typically foreign royalty or similar) received allowances of greater than $50k per year.

Valbymania canNOT be stopped or suppressed.

Valbymania will NOT stop unless BANKRUPT

My son graduated with his masters last month. He has about $45k in the bank from his internships.

Maybe it was taken out in her name, like 20K on credit? I.e., an identity theft. If someone got ahold of her ss#

Go to 45:25 of the podcast. It’s a long story, but people convinced her that they were the government and kept her on the phone for over 7hrs.

Haven't listened to the podcast, but this doesn't bode well. If a 20 year old college student falls for a low level scamaz such as this, I'm blaming them 90%. It's not like she's the usual target like the lonely 78 year old pensioner with mild dementia and old school respect for the authorities.

I just hope it wasn't the Indian scammer who tried convincing Kitboga that he was US President Joe Biden who needed his 12 bitcoin back.

after an hour I'd be pretty convinced.......scam

Parker has tried to quit her team multiple times. I don't see her being a very good pro where the stress will undoubtedly increase.

Are you kidding? You think a real job earning $100K isn't way more stressful than being a pro distance runner? They run. They eat. They sleep. They lift. They get a massage. They nap. They eat some more. They talk about what movie they all want to watch at night.

In a real job you have a well-defined career track with clear exit opportunities. You also don't have to retire when you're 35 (or 40 for a few exceptions).

Based on her interviews after winning NCAAs, it sounded like she still didn't see eye to eye with her new distance coach.

I think it's probably stressful in a different way. At a real job, generally as long as you show up on time and work, you're gonna be fine. As a runner, you can show up every day on time, work hard, sacrifice your personal life (go home early to make sure you sleep well, don't drink, etc), and end up unemployed if you have a bad day at nattys, or pick up an injury in June.

Basically, work would be a lot more stressful if there was 1 day a year that you had to perform better than everyone at your company, and everyone at your company was also trying to be the best that day, and also if you weren't in the top 10 you might get fired.

It is an old scam. A few years back they would call saying they were from social security or some other agency. They would already have certain info, like portions of your social security number. They would tell you they needed to verify your bank number and account information, and people would give it to them. I never heard of the scam taking seven hours. Anyway, no government agency will call you and and ask for vital private information.