Retardalert.. wrote:
That's too bad... wrote:She's never going to learn how to win. Bad choice motivated by $$$$$$. Understandable, but I think she'll regret it.
Obviously you know nothing about this sport.
1) she'd learn nothing from every HS track race she'd do
2) she can still run in most of the same meets she'd compete during college in.
3) are you mentally I'll?
4) In general how does learning to win prepare you for being a pro? Only the worlds best win at the pro level in real races. There's no guarantee by a long shot that no matter what route she takes will she ever need to learn to win. She needs to learn how to run fast, period. Winning comes secondary.
Because our opinions differ you assume I know nothing about the sport?
I know this much, people who think winning is secondary to running fast times don't have pro contracts very long. Winning is secondary to NOTHING when you are a pro. Sponsors can say they you want to have a nice online following and represent the sport well, blah blah blah, but when it comes to being professional it is about WINNING. Everything else is tied for a very distant second.
Alexa can not race against pros and win. She can't even win or get on the podium in a national race if Simpson, Cain and Rowbury are there. As a pro, especially as a woman, that's a serious problem. She's very good looking, and that is going to be extremely helpful, but even that can only go so far.
She is a huge talent and I think she has the capacity to win eventually, but it's very difficult for the psyche to be thrown to the dogs at her age. Those bitc..es aren't playing around! They are mean as hell and I think her confidence is going to be shaken.
College would have given her the opportunity to learn how to win under different circumstances. It also would allow her to get a great education while being a part of a great college team. And she would be able to develop a network that comes with graduating and being a star athlete at a university. If she graduates from somewhere that she never runs for nobody at that college will care.
So yeah, I'd say if she isn't getting 7 figures (and she's not!) she is making a choice she's going to regret. 17 going on 35, unbeknownst to her. She doesn't know what she's getting in to.