must be a millennial wrote:
30:45XC1978 wrote:The kid deserves money. You run sub 5:00 per mile *(sub 24:50 for 8K) and score you deserve it. You regularly score even if only in X-C, then you are no longer a walk on.
How does a person "deserve money" for doing something that produces no revenue?
Sounds like the coach is a millenial, expecting the athletes to produce good performances for free, that will lead to increasing the coach's reputation and future $$$ Such a sense of entitlement!
Inquiring dad wrote:
My son is a 24:35 +/- 8K guy. He has been 3rd to 5th man this year on his D1 Power 5 conference XC team. He recently scored in their conference meet.
He's been better at track than XC, but he's improved so rapidly in XC that I don't know what his track times will be. My guess is 8:15 to 8:25 in the 3K and 14:15 to 14:25 in the 5K. Maybe better.
He's a sophomore walk on and receives $0 in athletic scholarship.
His school is private ($60K+/yr) and is fully funded for 12.6 scholarships. They try to be respectable at track and XC and, therefore, are mediocre in both. The point is that I think they spread the scholarships around. I don't know how much they devote to distance runners.
Would you give him $? If yes, how much? Why?
(If it matters, while I'd love for him to get $ to ease the financial burden, I am actually more interested in seeing the coaches acknowledge his contribution via a scholarship, even if it's nominal.)
Weird. My son's in a similar situation. D1 power 5 conference. Not a private school, though. He finished top 30 in the Region yesterday.
The guys ahead of him are seniors, so he'll be the fastest returning runner. He's a walk on with zero scholarship.
Wondering what coaches would do?
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