Who Got Sponsored By Shoes Campanies In 2006 And Who Got Dumped?

hanson's gives 100,000 bucks and gets 100,000 bucks from Brooks. This does not count the money the runners make at the store, or in races, or from the brooks contracts

Reebok has an athlete's page on their website.

www.rbkrunning.com

The problem is even compared to cycling, no one cares about running on a competitive basis. Those cycling teams being sponsored are doing the tour de france and in the past had a big name team member or big name following(lance armstrong).

If a company wanted to get the most bang for their buck- assuming they were determined to help running out- it would be through sponsorship of a larger race- specifically marketing to the masses of people participating and all their friends/family watching.

Most in running dont care about the top level runners- it will never be a sport on the level of even cycling. Heck, 95% of most runners in a major marathon couldnt tell you who won or who qualifed for the trials, or which top runners were there. They just dont care.

Since this thread is on who got sponsorship and who got dropped, I thought I would throw out this bit of information. Brooks has a grass roots program called Brooks ID. The deadline to apply is tomorrow, but you can call Brooks and ask for them to e-mail you the Brooks ID application and e-mail it back. Even though it is not a full on sponsorship, you can at least get shoes and gear at cost. So if you are a decent runner in your area, maybe on future threads of this nature you can write, I got sponsored this year.

Jacob Frey also has been running races with Saucony this year. Havent heard much from him since twin cities...

how good do you have to be to be part of the brooks id program?

Reebok has really made a big push the past couple years for athletes. They are doing a great job. They don't even have all of the athletes they have signed on that list on their website.

Did any elite development clubs get picked up by or dumped by a shoe company? Any other companies with club $$$?

ZAP Fitness was picked up by Reebok.

please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wrote:

hanson's gives 100,000 bucks and gets 100,000 bucks from Brooks. This does not count the money the runners make at the store, or in races, or from the brooks contracts

The actual numbers are closer to $250k from both Hansons and Brooks. Hell there is 3 house payments in Rochester Hills that and Insurance (both health and homeowners) is over $150k alone. Travel is also a huge expense. Brooks handles all the equipment, stipend, and bonuses. I have seen it up close and personal.

I was wrong it was 200,000 a year a few years ago 2003ish. Thank you for correcting me.

My point was not as much to correct you as to point out the kind of dollars it takes to do this sort of thing.

I give mad props to the Hansons and the folks at Zap because I think they are doing it right, but it is a lost cause. Why would anyone drop a half a million dollars a year into 29 min 10k guys? In hopes that they run 28:00. Who cares? I will bet that these athletes have zero dreams of ever medaling in the Olympic Games. So all they are doing is taking money from people to support their pleasures.

When you come up with the magic formula for developing Olympic medalists in distance running and convince someone to fund your project please get back to us and let us know how it turns out.

wondering wrote:

how good do you have to be to be part of the brooks id program?

It is not necessary a question of how good do have to be, but how good of a representative of the sport are you in your area. If you are involved in your local running community and promote the sport on many different levels (coaching, race management, etc.) you can get into the id program. Many of the athletes are just the good local runners of their communities. Which differs from region to region. If you are interested, just call Brooks and have them e-mail you the application, it only takes about 5 minutes to fill out and e-mail back to them. Best of luck if you go for it.

I got sponsored by Nike because I am endlessly hilarious and I had sex with Brad Pitt.

I've got corporate sponsership... The company I work for pays for my gear.

reebok picked up Cabada and Pat Tarpy

is wilson still with asics??