I was just curious and I hope that someone can give me a reasonable and well informed answer but how much do guys like Kipchoge, Sammy Kipketer, Abraham Chebii, and the top flight 10k ethiopian men contingent who did well at world cross get paid in comparision to USA stars like the gouch, torres, and others. Do they get paid waaaay more than the gouch, but if they do then why do all of them keep defecting for something like less than 100,00 bucks to Qatar? Is it possible that the gouch (sorry to pick on him but he's the example) gets paid more to run 13:41 than 36 year old Laban Rotich who has won every race he has entered this year or even Gebremariam who has run sub 27 and almsot sub 13? What causes this economic fallacy? Do the kenyans and ethipians just have shitty agents or representation or does Nike just pay them according to bonuses and the US guys on base salary? Any information would be appreciated because this uneven playing field fascinates me.