Symmonds on American Ninja Warrior

Somewhere in Kenya, David Rudisha's family and friends are bent in half on the floor laughing at the mzungo......

$500,000 would certainly turn my world around. It would mean I could retire 5-10 years earlier.

I'm 29 now and getting an extra $550k would almost triple my net worth. My day-to-day life wouldn't change that much, but I'd be able to take better trips and would be way ahead of most people in my age bracket.

Fjdjdjdjdjdjdjd wrote:

Not rich but come on wrote:

Wait... All you win is $500K? I just watched a video and the guy was talking about winning $500k and how it would turn his world around. No it wouldn't. He'd end up with $415k or so and most would probably get wasted. I am sure he has a ton of debt and even if he doesn't, that is roughly ~$100k for four years. Living on $100k isn't exactly rolling in the dough.

You'd think a competition like this would award more than $500k.

Is that for completing the course or winning the entire thing? What?

Yeah jumping around like a child should get you more than $500,000.00

Must be chump change to you right?

That is 10 years salary for the average person.

But for you like 2 weeks huh?

Moron.

You're missing the point. This is less than the minimum annual salary for the lowest paid player in the NFL. Do you know how much NBC is making off of advertising with this show?

Plus, the chances of winning this thing are so damn slim.

It just seems like they would offer more.

If you want to get into a discussion about the ethics of how much celebrities and athletes are paid to "jump around like a child," I'd be happy to do that. I think we'd probably agree.

I'm not rich, it was explicitly stated in my handle name.

Hillary Clinton made $700,000 to give a speech the day after she stated publicly that she was "dead broke."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/05/22/the-clintons-2014-speech-income-visualized/

I get what you are saying, but competition for being a ninja is nowhere near the level of pro sports.

They are doing jungle gym stuff. It's cool, but not much different than jumping around like a child.

Will prolly get flamed for this, but pro triathletes are above average athletes. They don't get paid crap and ironman Corp makes millions.

Just saying $500k is a lot to 99% of the US, it is a new house in most parts, and I think they are getting a sweet deal for what they are doing.

Besides, where is the violence? American? Ninja? I wanna see some star throwing at least.

Fjfjfjfjfjfjfjdjd wrote:

I get what you are saying, but competition for being a ninja is nowhere near the level of pro sports.

They are doing jungle gym stuff. It's cool, but not much different than jumping around like a child.

Will prolly get flamed for this, but pro triathletes are above average athletes. They don't get paid crap and ironman Corp makes millions.

Just saying $500k is a lot to 99% of the US, it is a new house in most parts, and I think they are getting a sweet deal for what they are doing.

Besides, where is the violence? American? Ninja? I wanna see some star throwing at least.

The violence is inherent in the system.

Not rich but come on wrote:

Wait... All you win is $500K? I just watched a video and the guy was talking about winning $500k and how it would turn his world around. No it wouldn't. He'd end up with $415k or so and most would probably get wasted. I am sure he has a ton of debt and even if he doesn't, that is roughly ~$100k for four years. Living on $100k isn't exactly rolling in the dough.

You'd think a competition like this would award more than $500k.

Is that for completing the course or winning the entire thing? What?

I thought it is was $1 million for completing Mt. Moriyama (no American has yet). Just like anything on TV with a little charisma, looks and a good agent this can open a lot of doors. The hunky Adonis from last year is now in LA as an actor. It's a great show to watch. One little mistake and you're done.

tv watcher wrote:

Just saw Symmonds go down on American Ninja Warrior.

How did the American Ninja Warrior like it?

I didn't think Symmonds would do porn.

He can still go on Dancing with Stars as Carlton's partner. Go on Shark Tank to sell his gum. Maybe Paris Hilton BFF show.

Clintonian Face wrote:

Hillary Clinton made $700,000 to give a speech the day after she stated publicly that she was "dead broke."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/05/22/the-clintons-2014-speech-income-visualized/

Normal people don't turn every discussion into a political debate. Are you aware of this?

What are normal people?

nullset wrote:

Insufficient grip strength velocity.

POD

siggggggghhhhhhhh wrote:

Did random fat guy or roided xfit guy go further?

My guess is yes.

What fat guy ever completed the course?

Dr. Izin wrote:

Clintonian Face wrote:

Hillary Clinton made $700,000 to give a speech the day after she stated publicly that she was "dead broke."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/05/22/the-clintons-2014-speech-income-visualized/

Normal people don't turn every discussion into a political debate. Are you aware of this?

Why are you dodging the issue?

Yes, the prize this year for completing Mt. Midoriyama first this year is $1 million. Since there was no winner last year (or ever, for that matter), they announced this year that they would be rolling over last year's $500,000 prize into this year's prize. $500,000 always did sound a little lame considering how much the show must be earning.

Speaking of the Adonis, Rob Moravsky, he failed on the same obstacle as Nick Symmonds, so Nick has nothing to be ashamed of. The silk slider is not as easy as it may look.

My wife commented that Nick Symmonds looked small. I reminded her that all runners are tiny next to regular people. I was hoping Nick wouldn't have been relegated to the 'while we were on commercial break' snippets, but I have to admit that's where I was predicting he'd appear. And they didn't even show his entire run over the Quintuple Steps. Oh, well.

Lauryn Williams and DeeDee Trotter were on the show last year or the year before. They fared about the same, from what I remember.

Actually the Adonis is not a very strong competitor. He's only there because they think he draws female fans. He's never completed a city finals course, but always gets invited to Las Vegas as a "wild card".

Hold up wrote:

siggggggghhhhhhhh wrote:

Did random fat guy or roided xfit guy go further?

My guess is yes.

What fat guy ever completed the course?

Said Random fat guys get further than stage 2. Not complete course silly

I am a random fat guy and get all the honies.

Yeah don't neglect grip strength.Ever since I started lifting hard and haven't had a lack of girls since then I had to train grip strength separately. Farmers walk is my favorite exercise with it...

fb123 wrote:

My wife commented that Nick Symmonds looked small. I reminded her that all runners are tiny next to regular people.

Symmonds is friends with a college buddy of mine and we all went out to dinner last year. He was very nice. I do remember thinking that he was a lot thinner than he looked on TV. We make him out to be this super bulky, jacked guy, but if he were at the DMV next to you, you'd think he was very fit and thin. He looks a lot like many D1 XC guys I ran with...just fitter and a bit shorter.

Anyway, just an anecdotal observation.