Watler Dix Lost Out on $40,000 by Not Running Zurich

With his contract he doesn't need small money like that. No worries.

especially for 20 seconds of work. that's $120,000 per minute, $7.2 million per hour. Eat that Warren Buffett!

Ralphy wrote:

$40G is A TON of money to pass up.

Ralphy wrote:

How much is he paid? I never thought over $500K since it's Suacony, not Nike or Adidas. Even if it is half-a-mill, 40G is nearly 10% of his yearly salary, a good chunk of money.

Huh? Dix is sponsored by Nike, unless my vision is shot.

There has never been a track athlete set for life, never has never will. Punt holders in the NFL make more than Usain Bolt. How can any track athlete be set for life?

Eveybody knows that track athletes has been the wackest sport and I ran track. Only since Usain came around with real personality that it's gotten attention. Not even MJ or those other stone face jerks got any air play, and they still have to work for the rest of their lives. Barely any of them give back and the new ones go to really nice schools but can't articulate in an interview. They always look like there being bothered rather than being delighted and sell themselves. Forget about the Jamaican, I don't think they hear themselves talk. Asafa has no balls, I would rob him if I saw him in Kingston, punk. Usain parties like he's trying out for Jersy Shore 3. The girls are all dating their coaches and you never hear them talk or look pretty. The distance runners in America act like this is corporate America and are introverts. The drug cheats are true criminals, because they're stealing money from hard working clean athletes and act like they did nothing wrong. Let's be honest, I can't be the only person who feels that J Gatlin will test positive again, lol!

If you want to compete as an international T&F athlete here is what you DO NOT don't run all of your fast times in college; eg, Walter Dix. It works for some today, A. Felix, the Africans, Jamaicans, Cubans, and other countries excluding the U.S. of America

Come on people, wake up!

wrong on all accounts. you make no sense.

I guarantee Bolt makes substantially more than a NFL punt holder when you add everything up.

That being said I would guess the meet promoters either paid Dix not to show up, or he decided 40k wasn't worth the missed recovery time.

Webbie wrote:

I guarantee Bolt makes substantially more than a NFL punt holder when you add everything up.

That being said I would guess the meet promoters either paid Dix not to show up, or he decided 40k wasn't worth the missed recovery time.

Well "Punt holder" isn't a position unless you mean punter. And yeah even then I'm certain Bolt makes more than a punter in the NFL. Though not likely a place kick holder since they are often the quarterback.

didn't Dix win his 200 medal after 2-3 guys were DQ'd? I thought I saw a video of him giving his medal to I think Spearman who should have gotten the medal but stepped on the outside of the lane. I remember thinking this was a major class act, acknowleding that he got beat fair and square.

I'm sure he makes more than a punt holder, a unicorn, a ogre and a troll, and pretty much everything else that doesn't exist.

Only WC and Oly matters. He has to run contract meets and that too. But he has a life to live back home and stuff to take care of. Daegu is next year. Why not relax like everyone else is ?

Edwin Moses was a druggie. It was a well-established joke that he was on the "drug enforcement" committee.

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You're a dipwad. There are some athletes out there that have been blessed with twice the normal amount of talent and are clean. The Jessie Owens, Edwin Moses, and Michael Jordans of the world are just natural born "Studs". Too bad some of you fat couch potatoes will never accept that.....

Yr Contract wrote:

With his contract he doesn't need small money like that. No worries.

People live in fantasy land.

#1 - He loses 40% of his salary to taxes

#2 - If he doesn't he will be audited and arrested

#3 - He already skipped a meet this season for "financial reasons"

#4 - Given the rule of large numbers (statistics) based on his demographic and career choice (similar to professional football players, bb players, rock stars) he is highly likely to either already have more debt than assets or will before or shortly after he retires.

The easy come easy go, instant gratification, it'll keep on coming mentality does not create wealth. It takes someone who could get by living poor just fine and puts them in debt.

My bet is Dix signed his contract and immediately went out on bought the most expensive car a bank would lend him money for and didn't give half a thought to insurance, gas and maintenence/repair costs. Probably before he started to realize those costs he even threw in some expensive modifications and bling to match.

The guys who you think are rich are ususally making banks rich and die poor.

He has business dealings back home. $40k is nice but there are more pressing things. This is not a WC year either. Even sprinters take down a notch in off years.

Why must you assume that he's just another dumb jock that doesn't know what to do with his money?

oh yea, because you are a racist.

So soon people forget that this was a kid that could have been making 6 didgets after his JR year in college but choose to stay in school and compete for his team and complete his degree because both of his parents are educators. Who's to say he isn't capable of making smart decisions with his money?

If it was indeed his choice to skip this meet rather than the meet promoters then he obviously has his head geared towards the future and is willing to make conservative decisions to maximize what that future may hold. Why couldn't he do the same with his money?

Walter is like Shawn, his father's son. Mess up and get a bug whippin'.

wejo wrote:What would people think if Dix showed up and "ran" a 40 second 200? I guess he still has some goodwill with the meet directors for not doing that.

Dix didn't do that because he's a class act and cares about more than money. He stayed in college and finished his degree, because that's the kind of role model kids need. He didn't race because he wasn't going to be able to give his best, and that's the kind of man he is.

dix fan wrote:

Why must you assume that he's just another dumb jock that doesn't know what to do with his money?

oh yea, because you are a racist.

So soon people forget that this was a kid that could have been making 6 didgets after his JR year in college but choose to stay in school and compete for his team and complete his degree because both of his parents are educators. Who's to say he isn't capable of making smart decisions with his money?

If it was indeed his choice to skip this meet rather than the meet promoters then he obviously has his head geared towards the future and is willing to make conservative decisions to maximize what that future may hold. Why couldn't he do the same with his money?

You made it race based, I made it industry based, same as insurance companies do. That and the fact that he skipped a major diamond meet already this year (how much money that time?) due to "financial reason".

I work in probabilities. He may be doing great, but I don't know why he'd quote financial reasons as a reason to miss a meet that makes you money earlier this season if his finances are in order.

Lastly, how many wealthy educators do you know? Do you actually know their finances or simply their facade?

The USA is the most racist country in the history of the human race. Thus, in the USA there are no issues which are not "raced based".

Mister Woods wrote:

The 200m is not exactly a marquis event. So who cares if Dix has 20 Oly medals. Walter Who?

I love it when trekkies make fun of the dungeons and dragons guys.