Sydney McLaughlin signs with New Balance

Scorpion_runner wrote:

I don't think Nike really wanted this.

They are having an immense amount of success with their distance vaporflies, and they already have Christian Coleman who is the best sprinter in the world, and they snagged up Almaz Ayana. I'm not with or against Nike, but they are pretty healthy on each platform of running.

As much as I like Syd, I'm not sure she has the persona to really, really spring the market like Felix. She is good person, but seems to be reserved, and I'm getting lesbian vibes from her ( I'm just speaking from a marketing stand point. I'm not anti), and we all know how this country works in regards to that.

Felix on insta after a long and successfull career:

578k followers

Sydney after just started hers:

298k - also with far more likes on her posts, and far more available and active on social media. If you think shes reserved, you dont follow her much. Look at her snapchat, its like all me me me. People love that sh*t.

I'm not sure you're talking from an objective point of view, it seems entirely based on a lack of knowledge.

Lesbian Vibes - Please! Yeah right

Ha good one. Real deal athletes know who the real deal athletes are. You won’t be reading about her in history books.

IwishIwasDaveWottle wrote:

Shot Put.

More interesting watching monkeys throw feces at each other than any Olympic throwing event.

Who gives a s***. She won’t be in hall of fames and history books.

How do you not understand that it's not about the sport? It's about getting the ROI they are looking for. Selling more NB products to the masses. Large shareholders do not care THAT much about track and field.

I appreciate that you're being sincere and it looks like we just disagree, which is fair. Time will tell.

Allyson Felix was a tremendous sprinter and very, very likely clean. She never became world record capable on her own but that is a sign that she was clean. She won a lot of medals. NBC was always talking about her during their broadcasts. Nevertheless, you cannot tell me that she was anywhere near the sort of marketing sensation to move the dial all over the country that McLaughlin clearly already is and will become. She may never win as many medals, unless she improves to 21.5 and sub 49, as well as 400mH wr and relays, but she has that something that we have not seen since Marion Jones, Flo Jo, and Decker in U.S. women's track, and though that is a really regrettable troika in retrospect, that is the kind of fame I mean (and McLaughlin is clean, unlike those three).

*stipe wrote:

Syd will be the face of US Track & Field for the next decade. She transcends the sport.

Not possible. Unless that athlete is a 100/200m star, it won't happen.

not the real deal wrote:

Who gives a s***. She won’t be in hall of fames and history books.

Why not?

Set records at KU. Olympic athlete. NCAA champion

I am not sure that NB is a publically traded company.. I could be wrong but I thought that NB is family owned.

This might be a dumb question but she can still compete collegiality right

yooo wrote:

This might be a dumb question but she can still compete collegiality right

No.

How much do you pay the track star most likely to get multiple gold medals in 2020?

yooo wrote:

This might be a dumb question but she can still compete collegiality right

You’re right that is a dumb question... she can’t complete in the NCAA because she’s a pro now.

no nope and no no no wrote:

*stipe wrote:

Syd will be the face of US Track & Field for the next decade. She transcends the sport.

Not possible. Unless that athlete is a 100/200m star, it won't happen.

She is compelling. Charismatic (despite what some people think). Stunning (never hurts).

And has the ability to back it up (the opposite of Anna Kournikova)

2020

400H Gold

4x4 Gold

Then in 2024

400H Gold

400m Gold

4x4 Gold

real mans wrote:

Scorpion_runner wrote:

But I have heard several people

No you haven't. You don't talk to people - you're a loser who gets jollies from trolling an online messageboard. Like other trolls, you don't have fulfilling conversations and relationships outside of this pathetic hobby.

I don’t think it’s trolling. I think scorpion really is that clueless about pretty much everything.

Relative to each sport this is like Nike whiffing on Steph Curry and him changing the game for UA. Kudos to New Balance. They are doing a great job in Track & Field and now signed the most marketable female Track athlete ever. Really curious about the contract details. I hope those are released.

zxcvxcv wrote:

Allyson Felix was a tremendous sprinter and very, very likely clean. She never became world record capable on her own but that is a sign that she was clean. She won a lot of medals. NBC was always talking about her during their broadcasts. Nevertheless, you cannot tell me that she was anywhere near the sort of marketing sensation to move the dial all over the country that McLaughlin clearly already is and will become. She may never win as many medals, unless she improves to 21.5 and sub 49, as well as 400mH wr and relays, but she has that something that we have not seen since Marion Jones, Flo Jo, and Decker in U.S. women's track, and though that is a really regrettable troika in retrospect, that is the kind of fame I mean (and McLaughlin is clean, unlike those three).

I am happy for her and hope her training goes well with no major injuries. She has the potential to be the World record holder in the 400mH, but the more glamorous event is the 400M. If she can run 48.x she will become the face of T&F in the USA.

However that is territory that no clean athlete has been in.