Oregon wins the Mykolas Alekna sweepstakes

I wonder what academic pursuit will challenge him while there?

He will be challenged by the economics of how to manage all the money they give him.

What are his times for the 400m? How about the 800m?

Fact!

Has any NCAA school ever signed a world record holder before?

Texas must be really down bad after losing all its stars then not even being able to grab Mykolas after hiring his coach LMAO

Oklahoma signed Filbert Bayi, who eventually transferred to UTEP.

Choker. Horrible signing. Throws great when there is no audience. Failed at NCAAs three times; can't throw when the pressure is on.

Sure 10 points at NCAAs is nice but "settling" for only 8 isn't exactly a waste of NIL money.

Do we think any of these guy are getting big money? How much is any school paying for 8pts?

He’s getting $200,000

pretty damn cheat compared to the 3rd string QB!

Disappointing to see him leave Coach Mo, who helped develop him, but totally understandable from a fiscal standpoint. He’ll probably make more and get nicer stuff at Oregon, than he would as a pro thrower.

Face it people, discus is a ridiculous event and nobody cares who wins at it, unless they win Olympic gold medals and score propaganda for their country.

Oregon gains 0 PR from it, trust me. Its own students will never know who this is. They didn't know about Rupp when he was there. They like football and basketball

You would agree there is more pressure and bigger audiences at the Olympics, Worlds and European championships than NCAAs, correct? I think an Olympic Record (which was then beaten) and his consistent medal record whilst being the youngest top discus thrower on the circuit says enough.

Coach Mo is also going to Texas fwiw.

Oregon makes sense but they also have Coach Blu who I think is probably the best in the biz. Comfortably top 3.

So he gets to throw in Nike land with a very accomplished coach. No shade to his last coach.

He is a Thrower in Track and Field, You can win World and Olympic Medals and have The American Record and you might only get an Apparel deal if that

And Alekna is a Foreigner which usually hurts ( Meaning Not being American Hurts - Marketability) $200k is a lot considering that, but Deals are often only agreed upon if The Athlete sign a Non Disclosure Agreement, So I am not sure how some Anonymous poster on Lets Run go that Information, and why would he put it on a Messageboard and risk Alekna losing his Deal?

He's the world record holder, but has never won a significant gold medal and he can't even win NCAAs. As of now, he is the discus equivalent of Fernando Mamede.

Yeah, he is good at throwing the discus. Hopefully, some day he will do it when it really matters.

Speaking of Oklahoma, that's where he should have signed. That way, he could do all his throws in the Oklahoma wind.