De Grasse declines endorsement offers and returns to NCAA

bad decision? wrote:

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cp-newsalert-star-sprinter-andre-grasse-forgoing-endorsement-142943637--spt.html

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Very foolish move on his part. He should have taken the endorsement and he could have still stayed in school and finished his degree. The type of opportunity he has right now is extremely rare.

Could have stayed in school 2 wrote:

bad decision? wrote:https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cp-newsalert-star-sprinter-andre-grasse-forgoing-endorsement-142943637--spt.html

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Very foolish move on his part. He should have taken the endorsement and he could have still stayed in school and finished his degree. The type of opportunity he has right now is extremely rare.

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If you talk to Andre De Grasse's coach, you will find out that Andre is getting the shoe contract money. The first year's salary is going to other people in his family. And then he will get money after he graduates from USC. Not sure if that is legal, but they are trying to get around those stupid NCAA rules.

obviously your experience was not indicative of other people's.

Mama knows best wrote:

It's probably the smartest thing he'll do. If he makes it big now, he (or his friends will) most likely, spend all his cash within the first year or so and he'll be broke and injured.

He's building a future. He's already solidified himself in track history. Whether or not he makes it further is another story and involves a lot of luck (and no injuries).

I doubt he's going to be taking it easy, and will be a huge medal contender in Rio one way or another. Better this way than associating with someone like Nike and getting a stained reputation one day when he starts addressing a running related allergy or something.

The window and revenue from being a pro runner is limited.

The day you you retire or injure out of a contract is when it all stops suddenly.

Athletes are shell shocked when they go into the job market and learn making a Oly team means little to your prospective employer unless its a minimum wage job at the local running store.

Stay in school, get your degree , enjoy the college life, a good coach will back you off in a Oly or WC year. It helps the school recruiting to have a star athlete on the team.

Not the real problem wrote:

dont blame the athlete - the real problem here is the ncaa. Too bad this extremely talented athlete can't get paid what he deserves while staying on his team and finishing school. It's a shame the old people who control the ncaa and big universities insist on lining their pockets via slave labor and stealing from the young, able and powerless student athletes.

Pretty close.

Besides, what did the guy have to look forward to as a pro? Doping or finish mid-pack at best. That's a hard, hard life, for what exactly? Not much.

The kid is thinking about it right.

Google what?

He is about to get a degree from USC, in the long run (life) that is worth more than he will ever make running track for a few years.

Trojan Degree wrote:

He is about to get a degree from USC, in the long run (life) that is worth more than he will ever make running track for a few years.

1.4 million next year

Would he have made $7 million?

How much does a degree from USC get him?

I know someone with 2 science degrees who was walking dogs for a living

Not the real problem wrote:

. . . . It's a shame the old people who control the ncaa and big universities insist on lining their pockets via slave labor and stealing from the young, able and powerless student athletes.

Well then let's get rid of the old folks.

We have a saying in the movement that we don’t trust anybody over 30.

Jack Weinberg, Interview with San Francisco Chronicle reporter, c. 1965

Andre is majoring in sociology, so let's just say that making $7 million off his degree isn't quite the plan. The plan is for the Olympics, and it was that way when he came to USC. If he can beat Bolt or come close (and I wouldn't put it past him), he'll sign a contract for a lot more money.

Anyone who knows much about sprinting knows that de Grasse ran 9.75w and Bromell ran 9.84, and they're going to be coming to crash the party....and they're going to be signing a contract for a LOT of money.

pop_pop! wrote:

what did the guy have to look forward to as a pro? Doping or finish mid-pack at best.

Like nobody's doping in college.

A college doper turning pro faces the prospect of testers showing up at their door, instead of their school saying "show up for a test tomorrow." Huge difference.

No Canadian has EVER got rich from running down a damn track people.

Wake the hell up.

Justin Trudo wrote:

No Canadian has EVER got rich from running down a damn track people.

Wake the hell up.

Ever heard of Donovan Bailey. Was worth about $10million back in the mid 2000s. Probably more now.

Please tell us again how this can not be done, you have tried to say so twice. So say it one more time for me. I like the way you say it.

Bad Wigins wrote:

pop_pop! wrote:

what did the guy have to look forward to as a pro? Doping or finish mid-pack at best.

Like nobody's doping in college.

A college doper turning pro faces the prospect of testers showing up at their door, instead of their school saying "show up for a test tomorrow." Huge difference.

All true. Except for the part where the IAAF tests frequently, or does anything with the test results.

But, yeah. USC is okay with doping.

What a shame. Nick Symmonds sacrificed so much so he could have this opportunity!

LoveCanada wrote:

Ricky and fellow hosers this thread is ALL ABOUT MONEY

we are not all pimps and prostitutes.

have a nice day.

if you are not a child and you have a job, you're a prostitute

coach d wrote:

Andre is majoring in sociology, so let's just say that making $7 million off his degree isn't quite the plan. The plan is for the Olympics, and it was that way when he came to USC. If he can beat Bolt or come close (and I wouldn't put it past him), he'll sign a contract for a lot more money.

Anyone who knows much about sprinting knows that de Grasse ran 9.75w and Bromell ran 9.84, and they're going to be coming to crash the party....and they're going to be signing a contract for a LOT of money.

Unless they get injured.

coach d wrote:

Andre is majoring in sociology, so let's just say that making $7 million off his degree isn't quite the plan. The plan is for the Olympics, and it was that way when he came to USC. If he can beat Bolt or come close (and I wouldn't put it past him), he'll sign a contract for a lot more money.

Anyone who knows much about sprinting knows that de Grasse ran 9.75w and Bromell ran 9.84, and they're going to be coming to crash the party....and they're going to be signing a contract for a LOT of money.

Unless they get injured.