Kemoy Campbell shouldn't need a gofundme - where is REEBOK?!

Second that

Was he an independent contractor to Millrose as a pacer or was he working for Reebok?

Hey Reebok sponsored athletes PAY ATTENTION. This is the company you are working for.

Embarassing as hell.

It doesn't matter what the legalities are. Reebok needs to do the right thing.

Agree. Reebok Boston is 'the employer'.

Seems like this should be a work related injury and said employer is fully responsible for. Lets say for example this was Rupp collapsing with the same circumstance at Chicago or Boston Marathon. Do you think Nike would look the other way. USATF membership should cover expenses after deductible etc. from Campbell, unless Milrose is not a sanctioned meet. This might then open doors to legal proceedings against Milrose and NYRR for liability. NYRR can damn sure pay for his medical bills.

Professional athletes are independent contractors so they essentially act as a freelance worker would. They are responsible for their own insurance etc. I believe companies used to offered employer sponsored insurance but then nuked it. I wonder if Team Jam offered coverage like USATF does at a certain level?

Wait, are yall saying all of these pro groups do not provide health insurance to their athletes? I thought health insurance was a given. I knew they weren't getting rich, but I still believed they were provided necessary benefits, excluding 401K.

Check it out. I retired 10 years ago. I ran for a training center that is still in existence today. I not only received health insurance but utilized it for $30,000 Achilles surgery. I guess there is a reason that they are still doing it today.

Reebok is giving 50k towards his expenses, just saw on Colin Bennie's IG story

Not true with all programs wrote:

Check it out. I retired 10 years ago. I ran for a training center that is still in existence today. I not only received health insurance but utilized it for $30,000 Achilles surgery. I guess there is a reason that they are still doing it today.

Zap Fitness?

Who said that Reebok isn't helping out? Anyone can create a gofundme, even my little sister can start one. It doesn't mean that Reebok isn't paying for most of if not all of his expenses.

harry wales wrote:

Not true with all programs wrote:

Check it out. I retired 10 years ago. I ran for a training center that is still in existence today. I not only received health insurance but utilized it for $30,000 Achilles surgery. I guess there is a reason that they are still doing it today.

Zap Fitness?

Or Hansons?

DumpsterDiver wrote:

Reebok is giving 50k towards his expenses, just saw on Colin Bennie's IG story

Why? Why in the hell would there be a limit? Any company with a heart would say don't worry about your financial obligations, we've got this.

Not true with all programs wrote:

Check it out. I retired 10 years ago. I ran for a training center that is still in existence today. I not only received health insurance but utilized it for $30,000 Achilles surgery. I guess there is a reason that they are still doing it today.

This sounds like a great perk, but is by no means representative of the norm.

The industry standard is for shoe companies to pay athletes as independent contractors, with no related health care benefits or programs.

Training groups rarely have the means to offer their own health care benefits. Given the typical funding models, these 'small businesses' would be hard pressed to ever much he costs of offering 'employee' health care as past of their operations.

A small portion of athletes will always receive health care through the USATF Tiers, although this constitutes a small and very select percentage of the whole.

For someone Kemoy's age (past remaining on parents' health care) and as a Jamaican running for a Reebok group, he would almost certainly have to rely on his own enrollment in a health care plan separate and apart from Reebok. I have no idea what other federations might offer in the way of health benefits.

Not true with all programs wrote:

Check it out. I retired 10 years ago. I ran for a training center that is still in existence today. I not only received health insurance but utilized it for $30,000 Achilles surgery. I guess there is a reason that they are still doing it today.

I know health care costs are outrageous but what all was involved in you incurring a $30,000 achilles surgery? Is it not just a simple cut and snip operation that should take a couple of hours?

This is a dangerous precedent. Distance runners make so little money already from sponsors, if sponsors now fear that they may get stuck paying $10k or $30k or $100k for an injury that occurs, they will get away from sponsoring track and field. It will only hurt runners in the long run.

ric flair woo wrote:

Who said that Reebok isn't helping out? Anyone can create a gofundme, even my little sister can start one. It doesn't mean that Reebok isn't paying for most of if not all of his expenses.

Exactly. Typical letsrun people trying to sensationalize and/or create controversy where there isn't any. Silly.

I hate Reebok wrote:

Any company with a heart would say don't worry about your financial obligations, we've got this.

A company with a heart. A quaint and decidedly odd idea in this time and age.

Yup. Welcome to the real world. You sign the contract means you agree to the terms -- including those onerous 6 month shadow, right-of-first-refusal clauses like the ones Nike offers. In the modern professional age the agents are representing the sponsors more often than their clients. The only way to stop this is to organize collectively and codify a universal template for sponsorship contracts. Until that day comes, "stupid is, as stupid does. "

Back in the day, I thought through this charade so I negotiated an employee contract, which gave me health insurance, paid in FICA, unemployment benefits , and get this -- profit sharing. Additionally, New Balance paid performance bonuses on a timely basis, usually within two weeks.

If you allow your agent or sponsor to exploit you deserve what you get.

Good to hear Kemoy is recovering. I'll be chipping in a few quid to the gofundme account. I hope the rest of you do too.

I had Achilles surgery. It doesn't cost anywhere close to 30k.