How much should Bekele and Kipchoge charge for lining up against eachother?

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    LateRunnerPhil

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    4 years ago 10/14/2019 5:35am EDT

    In the Mayweather vs McGregor fight, one earned $275M and one $85M.

    Often in UFC, fighters get a ridiculous amount of money for agreeing to fight another strong fighter.

    Now about T&F and marathons, it is clear that Bekele and Kipchoge are in the much stronger position here than race organizers. How much do you think they should charge if a major marathon organizer decides to invite them both? They could just avoid each other, win their respective marathons and make good money that way. So the appearance fee has to be significant, especially since only one of them can win and get the 1st place money which they would probably easily get if they would avoid each other.

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    4 years ago 10/14/2019 5:38am EDT
    re: LateRunnerPhil

    What makes you think bekele will finish another race? His last one was the anomaly.

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    LateRunnerPhil

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    4 years ago 10/14/2019 5:49am EDT
    re: Like Really Bro

    Like Really Bro wrote:

    What makes you think bekele will finish another race? His last one was the anomaly.

    People would watch it, regardless of the outcome. The question is if the average Joe cares about a Bekele vs Kipchoge marathon enough to follow and watch it, and/or if the running communities like LRC are big enough to warrant throwing millions of $ on them to race vs each other.

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    Fart Garfunkel

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    4 years ago 10/14/2019 6:50am EDT
    re: LateRunnerPhil

    LateRunnerPhil wrote:

    Now about T&F and marathons, it is clear that Bekele and Kipchoge are in the much stronger position here than race organizers.

    No way this is true. A lot of people order pay-per-view fights and MMA merchandise (plus gambling and ticket sales) and that revenue allows big prize money to make the fights happen. The key phrase in that sentence was, "a lot of people."

    How many people would pay to go watch a marathon? Not a lot of people. There is no fan/customer base generating revenue for road races like other major sports and entertainment events.

    Also, other sports have an established record of success and existing facilities and capabilities to host their events. Do you really think that some company will invest in shutting down part of a city because they think they can draw enough of a ticket buying crowd, sell pay-per-view and merchandise to make a nice profit from two guys running down the street for two hours?

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    Fart Garfunkel

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    4 years ago 10/14/2019 6:58am EDT
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    I should also say that I would be intrigued by this spectacle and entertained as much as anyone else, but I wouldn't pay anything to watch it. Just tell me what the result was after it ends and I will be satisfied.

    Now go find enough people that say they would actually pay to watch the thing and you have an event.

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    Banana Bread

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    4 years ago 10/14/2019 7:02am EDT
    re: Fart Garfunkel

    I'm waiting to see if Bekele signs up for London and I'm going to email the organizers if they need any volunteers to help marshall it. I will say I'm Bekele's biggest fan and it would be my dream to be the one who gets to hold the finish tape. Even more perfect would be if I hold one end of the tape and a cute girl is holding the other end. Does anyone know the race directors email?

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    4 years ago 10/14/2019 7:53am EDT
    re: LateRunnerPhil

    $0.00 they should face each other at the Olympics.

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    Amateur Runner

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    4 years ago 10/14/2019 7:57am EDT
    re: LateRunnerPhil

    I think London or olympic committee should hype the race. People might have different opinions about Kipchoge's sub2, but a lot of people watched the ineos159. Market Bekele as the only worthy opponent who can beat kipchoge. Bring back the history. Hype it like WWE/MMA. Throw some punches like ingebrestein brothers

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    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 10/14/2019 7:59am EDT
    re: Fart Garfunkel

    Most LRC fan watch major marathons via VPN.

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