New Nike commercial honoring Oregon Ducks/Animal House features Galen Rupp, Ashton Eaton at frat party

Uber Rich is Rupp wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Rupp is probably a millionaire, he won't need a job.

^THIS x 1,000,000

Galen is very rich. Nike pays Olympic medal winners tons of money. Galen could quit running today and never have to work ever again. But, Galen still has a few more years to run at the very highest level. Let this sink in, you haters...Galen is rich today...and even richer tomorrow. Galen is leading the good life.

What's he gonna do for the next few years before he dies from dopers' disease? Play video games all day? It's not like he will ever read a book or do anything meaningful.

Salazar and Rupp are just as gutter trash as any other pusher and junkie.

Oh my. Rupp looks like the frail version of King Leonidas as a kid, you know when they send him out to the wilderness to toughen up... GR is probably the least marketable athlete on all of Nike's roster. You just can't make a face like that a bit likeable. Anyone who thinks this guy is getting paid big bucks to run is out of their mind. He's lucky to be on someone's payroll period.

A bit much to say that guy at the end designed the shoes I'm wearing now.

I don't think he designed the Hokas I'm currently wearing right now.

Or did he?

Uber Rich is Rupp wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Rupp is probably a millionaire, he won't need a job.

^THIS x 1,000,000

Galen is very rich. Nike pays Olympic medal winners tons of money. Galen could quit running today and never have to work ever again. But, Galen still has a few more years to run at the very highest level. Let this sink in, you haters...Galen is rich today...and even richer tomorrow. Galen is leading the good life.

I doubt he meets my definition of "very rich". I am thinking net worth north of $10M

Loved the commercial.

Not really sure why people think Galen is weird. After seeing this, I really feel like he'd be a lot of fun to have at a party or party with. Ditto for Ashton.

Did anyone else find it satisfying to see Ashton Eaton be captioned as the "world's greatest athlete" in a sea of football elites and when decathletes are normally discredited in comparison to other professional athletes?

Nice to go back into time and pull out a truly racist movie to use to sell shoes.

Can't think of anyone I'd less rather hang out with than elfie rupp. Can't think of anyone I more want to punch in the face than elfie rupp. Well, I'd really, really like to punch chacne centro in the face.

punchface wrote:

Can't think of anyone I'd less rather hang out with than elfie rupp. Can't think of anyone I more want to punch in the face than elfie rupp. Well, I'd really, really like to punch chacne centro in the face.

Wow, that is a hard choice. Thump the skull of the midget guido or the elf.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Animal House is a terrible movie btw. One of those 70's things that hipper-than-thou boomers never STFU about.

You are probably a lot of fun to hang out with.

Nice That wrote:

Nice to go back into time and pull out a truly racist movie to use to sell shoes.

It's neither obvious nor subtle to me that Animal House was racist. Please put together a sound argument that helps explain your viewpoint.

They should of had Mary Cain as Dean Wormer's underage daughter.

Temp Job wrote:

LOL ... offered a job to run fast only as long as you can run fast. Early-mid 30s and you have nothing to fall back on. Being an entry level hire in your late thirties, competing against recent grads in their twenties ... your post-running life is going to suck big-time.

Rupp is probably a millionaire or very close to it. He doesn't need anything to fall back on.

Why is this so great?

Definitely a thing for Oregon fans. I recognized four people before they showed the names. And then I still didn't know who most of them are. It's like watching a bunch of people you don't know on social media.

Based on contracts, riders and appearance fees, Galen is certainly a millionaire. However, all of that goes away when he retires, or God forbid, gets popped with a doping ban. He's 30 right now give or take a year. Let's say he competes at this level through Rio next year. What are the chances he makes another Oly team at or past 35 years old? For this example, let's say he does make the team in 2020. So then what does he do to replace the income he is making now for the rest of the 35-40 years he is alive?? Speaking fees? Write a book? He's lived the most boring, sheltered life imaginable, so who the hell is going to read his memoir? Unless he comes out and says he hated Alberto the whole time, there is no bomb that he could drop on us to get anyone to buy that book.

Get a job at nike? They aren't paying middle-management guys the same as top-level athletes, so there is a 50% pay cut at least.

My main point is this: the money he is making today isn't NFL money. It will quickly burn up with daily modest living, let alone supporting himself and a growing family for 35+ years. He will certainly have to get a job or something after he retires. He's not Jordan for god's sake.

No self-respecting fraternity would recruit Rupp to be a member.

funny wrote:

It will quickly burn up with daily modest living, let alone supporting himself and a growing family for 35+ years.

All he has to do is move to a rural area where you can live well on $30,000, and invest what he doesn't spend wisely. And not eat a crappy diet.

If he needs a little more money he can work at Walmart or something. That's not good enough for some people I guess, he should be a doctor or engineer and make enough to live in Manhattan?

I have no idea how much he has or has made but I'd have to think it is more than most people at his age. Prudently invested he could be just fine long term.

Furthermore, in today's world of hyper-marketing and consumerism, there is no way someone like Galen with his name-recognition can't carve out a lucrative post-running career in a niche-market (race director, university coach/director, speaker, product specialist, sport ambassador). Potentially some kind of fun, piecemeal career that emphasizes his records/finishes while he develops/displays his personality outside of the harsh light of training, competing and trolls.

Given his running history and close association with Nike/UO, I would be surprised if he can't find a light/minimal-effort, six-figure, "visibility" position at either institution. Heck Coe did gyms, Symmonds is doing tanning salons, I'd bet Rupp has some capital to start something up.