Sisson didn’t even run the 5k at USAs!!
And no Clayton Murphy on the list, guess that is because he already earned a medal
Sisson didn’t even run the 5k at USAs!!
And no Clayton Murphy on the list, guess that is because he already earned a medal
Geezus...oh...STFU.
Geezus, oh, STFU.
emma coburn? wrote:
why didn't emma coburn get anything?
Because she isn’t with Nike?
ThrowABone wrote:
I wonder how much the USATF took for their administrative cut?
$0
Different organization. Not administered by USATF.
He does...that's why he paid for me to fly to CA from the east coast a few times to get the 4th fastest time in the country for my class junior year of high school in the 3200. That went on to pay off when July 1st came around. Ironically, he didn't have to pay for my college due to that rather small investment for me to fly out for a few meets.
Confidence is not something that is missing in my family lineage. No need for you to act like you are half my age, and use condescending vocabulary.
Please...grow up. He got his MBA from Wharton. What do you think you deserve for having a masters? An Amazon gift card from us? Please be more mature, and do not stoop to the level of using terms like "daddy".
Stephen A. Schwarzman deserves a little gratitude, not criticism.
He gives away millions every year.
Tell me who else is handing out money to track athletes with no strings attached.
He's not in the shoe business.
I'm happy for the athletes. If any of them won't accept free money from a self made billionaire
Republican, they can take a knee and say no.
They deserve it. They're at the top of field in one of the most competitive sporting events. A-Rod was getting paid like $60K per at bat when he was playing. This is peanuts still. Schwarzman should be praised for helping T&F athletics.
Woah, Stop Socialism, that turned into a downhill and personal tirade/tangent real fast...
Good for the athletes who get something. I don't understand the criteria though, and wonder if the ones who get the most are the ones who deserve/need the most (as I said, I don't understand the criteria).
Even in the US, it is not difficult to think of athletes who are as good as the some on the list and probably have lower incomes through sponsorship and competing.
If I were so rich, I would help people who are no icons yet and compete in events that don't attract too much money (think of female hammer throwers for example). Still, sponsors are quite generous in the US compared to most other countries, and road runners can get money prizes that are much higher than in Europe.
Oh my god relax. The socialists are not going to take your money. Stop being so whiny. Cry baby wah.
HEY LET'S ALL CRITICIZE SOMEONE FOR DONATING MONEY TO OUR MISERABLY FAILING SPORT!!
team Unruly Bush wrote:
Who on that list do you think is rich?
He was referring to the donor, dip$hit.
True, let's limit high performers! Everyone should be paid the same, correct?
Go Venezuela!
Santa C. wrote:
Stephen A. Schwarzman deserves a little gratitude, not criticism.
He gives away millions every year.
Tell me who else is handing out money to track athletes with no strings attached.
He's not in the shoe business.
I'm happy for the athletes. If any of them won't accept free money from a self made billionaire
Republican, they can take a knee and say no.
Erm, what exactly is "self made" when your dad went to Wharton and you went to Yale and were in a secret rich person society with GW Bush then went to Harvard business?
This stuff is already way off topic. I'm glad he gave away a tiny fraction of his money to help T&F professionals who don't make a ton of money. The reality is this guy & many others, who were put in a position to prosper from birth, could pay a touch more in taxes and we could provide better public goods to everyone living here. Nobody is saying to make this guy bankrupt to pay for stuff but if we taxed rich people + corporations a little more & didn't pay for endless wars, we wouldn't need to rely on charity as much as we do. & we can't just ignore the role of race/gender in the United States as it relates to opportunity. You're incredibly likely to end up in the same social class you were born into. Upward mobility is a myth. Pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps is a myth. There are exceptions, of course, but it is not the rule. The country was set up with white men owning industry and slaves. Those people made tons of money. They then went to elite schools. Their kids went to elite schools and got elite jobs. It's all a cycle that keeps those who have the most at the top & those people are making more in profits than ever while middle class share of income keeps shrinking. Keep being scared of socialism but the goal is to just make things a little more equal and take care of people living here.
For what it's worth, this is great. It does seem like athletes in well established groups or towards the top of the sport got the grants but the reality is they really don't make much. It's too bad that our sport has to rely on stuff like this. We need to find more ways to support developing athletes.
I don’t know how anyone can criticize Steve Schwarzman or any of the other Foundation Directors for giving a lot of their own money to support track and field athletes. I know some of these Directors and there are several that have donated in excess of six-figures to help these kids. For many athletes, it is their primary means of financial support for training for the next WC or Olympics. We are lucky this group exists.
Good to see the field events teams and jumpers getting some love. I remember seeing an article (maybe on here?) about some World Champ and Olympic throwers not having any kind of sponsorship deals whatsoever. They're out there putting their bodies through the same type of hell for their events that all the distance and mid-distance that get all of the glory and tv time.
Nothing. USATF Foundation and USATF are two separate organizations numbnuts.
ThrowABone wrote:
I applaud this individual for donating this money and it going to the athletes. I wonder how much the USATF took for their administrative cut?
A list athletes like Houlihan, Brazier, Murphy, Jager, Simpson (I know they are not all listed for grants) should be getting Thousand$ per appearance at USATF high level meets and Diamond league meets for which they get on TV and USATF makes revenue. They ARE the product that is being sold. Unfortunately, the USATF has a small army of willing Indentured Servants. Until they band together, this is not likely to change.
Follow your father around...see what "work" he does during those hours and then think about what a regular person does and see if you feel the same...if you do then you're just an entitled a****le and we need to remove you from this planet (the Earth because you're probably not smart enough to know that)
David S wrote:
I don't really get why he's giving the wealthiest athletes more money than the poorer athletes
I agree. The athletes on this list receiving the $25k are already doing very well and don't need to work at all during their training. The ones that received $4k however are at the level where this will help them focus more on training and not need to work as much.
So if the purpose of this is to make US track and field more competitive, it's not working. There needs to be a way to get MORE athletes able to just train and not split their focus on working regular jobs, all this did was give the athletes that already make enough to solely train more money that isn't going to allow them to train more than they already do.
Maybe a different method would be to use this money to host more track meets that have prize money, and hold them regionally on the same dates. That way it's not the same athletes winning the top few spots every weekend, and more of the money can be distributed and allow for more athletes to earn enough money to train full-time and not work other jobs that take time away from training and recovery.
This is great. Another avenue that would help the 2nd tier athletes would be to have a residence training site where they can live and train. The site would also have trainers, coaches and other ancillary support staff. Athletes would then be able to concentrate on their discipline. Kudos to Steve Schwarzman for doing this.