Has Webb signed with anyone yet?

Of course getreal and wejo will claim I know nothing , but my understanding is that he will announce with Nike very soon, last details of "other expenses" being worked through..and that it was Reebok who leaked out the $250K per year..making sure whoever got him would have to buck up..and wejo , your comment that your source said tht ANY rep who was going to spend that(250K) would be fired..well i guess there will be one less shoe rep in the world shortly

king99 wrote:

Of course getreal and wejo will claim I know nothing , but my understanding is that he will announce with Nike very soon, last details of "other expenses" being worked through..and that it was Reebok who leaked out the $250K per year..making sure whoever got him would have to buck up..and wejo , your comment that your source said tht ANY rep who was going to spend that(250K) would be fired..well i guess there will be one less shoe rep in the world shortly

I think too he will sign with Nike. I said he would never get $250,000 guaranteed for 8 years. That is a big difference than getting somewhere close to that for 3 years. And John Capriati (Nike marketing guy) isn't an idiot where he's going to let a story in the WahingtonTimes through him off course. He's negotiated with many top stars and knows how the game works.

And anyone can post anything on here that they want. Why don't you reveal who you are king99? It might reveal if you really do have reliable sources. You could just as easily be some bs artist, alan webb's cousin, someone in cambodia-what they hell do we know.

yeah ..thats me the ultimate BS artist, for some reason and i'm not sure why..i can see there is almost an incredible elitist attitude thrown around on these boards, an fair amount of obscene language and classless inuendo as just demonstrated by yourself..its this "I'm a better runner than you are mentality therefore I know more than you" attitude that has people even defending the folks that critiqued Rojo's comment on Galloway ,even though I agree with most of your brothers assessment..A source is just that, a Source ..if they wanted to post it themselves they would have, right?? However it might compromise their position..I would say this..my source could be wrong..however it;s not something I , he or someone made up...

By the way the deal I heard was not 8 it was 5..so in between the 3 and 8 number..

king99 wrote:

yeah ..thats me the ultimate BS artist, for some reason and i'm not sure why..i can see there is almost an incredible elitist attitude thrown around on these boards, an fair amount of obscene language and classless inuendo as just demonstrated by yourself..its this "I'm a better runner than you are mentality therefore I know more than you" attitude that has people even defending the folks that critiqued Rojo's comment on Galloway ,even though I agree with most of your brothers assessment..A source is just that, a Source ..if they wanted to post it themselves they would have, right?? However it might compromise their position..I would say this..my source could be wrong..however it;s not something I , he or someone made up...

By the way the deal I heard was not 8 it was 5..so in between the 3 and 8 number..

King I didn't call you a bs artist. I'm just saying that anyone can post on here what they want and pretend to be reliable when they may not be, but now I tend to agree with you.

However, I don't think your sources are too different than mine. A 5 year deal for $250,000 with a lot of it guaranteed I wouldn't rule that completely out. These contracts are highly subjective. I would definitely rule out 8 years at $250,000 guaranteed however. So we agree more on this one than we disagree. The tough thing with these contracts is that unless we see the actual contract we won't know for sure. It could be 3 years guaranteed, with less the next 2 years, 5 years guaranteed, who knows. If a figure is quoted it could be a figure that is way above the base. So it all is speculation. My main point was not to just believe something because it is in the Washington Times. I too think Webb will be a Nike man anyday now.

One more thing. Look at our poll on the front page. Most people agree very litte guaranteed money. Another main point is that I don't think an unproven high school star is going to get a huge contract full of guarantees. Some point soon, Alan will have to produce to keep getting big dollars. He may be able to get a free ride for 2-3 years, but that's it.

Webb and Raczko apparently showed up at Roy Benson's Nike camp in Asheville recently, which to me would be a pretty good indication that Webb is indeed a future (maybe present at this point) Nike runner.

Hey Wejo,

Was it you in all three of those posts? It doesn't make sense to me why you'd post under three different names. In which case, usurping identities isn't cool.

Further, as someone at the camp said, Webb wasn't really doing a press appearance, he was training in the area, and he met them on a run. He hung around for the day because he's kinda a track nerd, and wanted to hang out wth other runners.

It is me for all three posts. I don't log in a lot and just type in the name I post under. But I have both wejo and weldonj reserved so no one else can post under those names.

For what it's worth, king99 has come through with reliable sources numerous times in the past on other running related matters. So I'd say his info is accurate.

sorry, about that last "no post". wejo..I got it..we do agree more than not on this then as it turns out..scuba, thanks for the comment..

My point on the source is that they provide me with some pretty good stuff from time to time..its not always 100% , but I try to check it out as best I can before I post..I've got another mini bombshell , I'm sitting on until I can release and by then it may already be out there

king99, please go home to dyestat. just thought i'd throw out another elitist comment. hope y'all have a good day

Thanks for sharing , there walter..another insightful post makes these boards

I thought he has retired