How many colleges will actually try to recruit Jakob Ingebrigsten?

Why should they, he can educate himself free of charge as any norwegian.

They wouldn’t be able to, he’s a Nike-sponsored pro athlete with additional funding from Olympiatoppen.

SprintTriathlon wrote:

Why should they, he can educate himself free of charge as any norwegian.

Foreigners who could get a free education at home often choose to attend university in the USA on a sports scholarship. First of all, free education might mean the tuition is covered, but not room, board and a stipend for living expenses. Secondly, the free kit, travel to races and access to massage, physio etc. can be very valuable. A good coach, good team mates (training partners) and racing schedule can also be very helpful. Thirdly, it's an experience: People often like to travel and study abroad.

Also, the education available on scholarships can be different. If an athlete really wants to run rather than study, a scholarship might be better than attending an institution where sport is considered an extra-curricular hobby. Alternatively, an athlete may use his running prowess to gain admission to an institution with a good academic reputation, to which he may otherwise have struggled to gain admission.

Even someone who could go professional might choose to take a sports scholarship as this could guarantee support for longer than a professional contract.

There is also a social component to it. Friends, dating, etc.

But honestly he is likely to get a pretty good contract.

If he were a year younger, it might make sense to go for a two year period and turn pro in the Olympic year.

I’m not asking if he should run in college or not because that’s obvious. I’m not asking if he CAN compete in college if he wanted to. I’m asking how many college coaches will try recruiting him.

Henrik was here

There will be plenty of chances to run at the Olympics, but he'll never get another chance to win a prestigious NCAA title via a full ride from a third rate university.

Hutrunner wrote:

I’m not asking if he should run in college or not because that’s obvious. I’m not asking if he CAN compete in college if he wanted to. I’m asking how many college coaches will try recruiting him.

All other coaches besides Coach Joe Franklin, UNM have convinced themselves the young lad will run for a shoe company. Paseo del Bosque Trail sells itself.

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Hutrunner wrote:

I’m not asking if he CAN compete in college if he wanted to. I’m asking how many college coaches will try recruiting him.

This doesn't make any sense. If he can't compete in college, why would anyone recruit him? Whether or not coaches will recruit him hinges entirely on his eligibility, so it's not some detail that is irrelevant to your question.

Because a free degree in Norway is the equivalent to a community college here. That’s why foreigners choose to pay for school here than go somewhere free

sbeefyk2 wrote:

Because a free degree in Norway is the equivalent to a community college here. That’s why foreigners choose to pay for school here than go somewhere free

Well, foreigners with money choose to educate themself in Norway because of the quality of the education, do you think that just because you have greedy owners of the colleges and universities that they become better, do you for real think that american educators are better than the teachers and professors found in other countries???

All education is free in Norway from the lowest grades to doctorates.

kind of important wrote:

Hutrunner wrote:

I’m not asking if he CAN compete in college if he wanted to. I’m asking how many college coaches will try recruiting him.

This doesn't make any sense. If he can't compete in college, why would anyone recruit him? Whether or not coaches will recruit him hinges entirely on his eligibility, so it's not some detail that is irrelevant to your question.

Completely agree he is a Nike athlete so I don’t think anyone would try recruiting unless they don’t know that???

None.

He'll stay and Norway and get better eduction there.

And better competiton ( no offfense to USA) in

the European competitons.

gloria wrote:

None.

He'll stay and Norway and get better eduction there.

And better competiton ( no offfense to USA) in

the European competitons.

The US has far and away the best post-secondary education in the world, and it's not even close. From institutional prestige to research output to accomplishments of graduates, there are probably fewer than 5 non-American schools that would rank higher on these dimensions than second-tier US schools like Duke or Cornell, not to mention the top Ivies or Stanford/MIT.

Excuse me guys, but why do you think some young athlete like Jacob, who has his father as coach, the older brother (Henrik)

n. 5 in London Olympics and European Champion of 1500m in 2012, and another brother (Filip) European Champion 2016 and bronze medal in WCh 2017 in 1500m, can be interested to change from an IDEAL situation to a WORSE situation, since his passion and the organization of the family mainly regards athletics ?

It's very difficult to become a top champion if you are with a scholarship in the College, because you can't do technical choices directly connected with a strategy for growing, but you have the MUST to compete in every competition interesting your college, and can't develop any strategy looking at the future.

Athletes at that level already trains twice per day, dedicating 4-5 hours every day to their training, with the goal to build up all the qualities that are important in order to become top runners of international level. A SERIOUS frequentation in a school can disturb the project, and for that reason the best solution is to continue the education in private way.

I agree with you Renato. Well I agree with everything you say because I really like you. I think you are an amazing coach, and I want to be good friends with you. Do you think you could coach me? I'm a crap runner but I believe I could be good with the right person. I think it should be you. I would be honored if you got back to me. I'm tired of running slow times. Please help me. I'm your number one fan.

Which is relevant if you want to pursue academic interests, not if you want to be a professional runner.