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re: Mondo breaks outdoor pole vault WR at his home meet in Stockholm
Posted on 6/30/22 at 5:29 pm to OchoDedos
Posted on 6/30/22 at 5:29 pm to OchoDedos
Even if he is 'only" making $500K-ish/yr in Sweden, the Swedes still probably put him up in a multi million $$ estate and pay for every nickel of his training expenses and needs.
They probably fund a high level therapy and nutritionist as well as training partners and coaches.... None of which would be funded in the US unless someone like Nike or Adidas put all that into their endorsement contract with him.
In Sweden, he his one of the most famous athletes in their nation. In the US, he probably would have gotten a Wheaties box and about 4 seconds in an Amex commercial that runs for 2 weeks every 4 years....and that's about it.
He would also have to hustle sponsors to get what he gets for free in Sweden.
Obviously he is a pretty rate example because he's so good, but the USOC has relied otoo heavily on college athletics and facilities for far too long to do train up their athletes.
If the university athletics system in America ever crumbled (which it seems it's not out the realm of possibility anymore) USA would barely have a team anymore in most Olympic sports.
Just look at how we do in sports that are major College sports in the US (women's volleyball, track, Swimming, basketball, wrestling, etc) and how we do in sports that the university system doesnt cater to (men's volleyball, ping pong, weightlifting, cycling, etc).
Sure, we can win some medals there, but we aren't anywhere near as dominant in areas that the American College systems don't support.
They probably fund a high level therapy and nutritionist as well as training partners and coaches.... None of which would be funded in the US unless someone like Nike or Adidas put all that into their endorsement contract with him.
In Sweden, he his one of the most famous athletes in their nation. In the US, he probably would have gotten a Wheaties box and about 4 seconds in an Amex commercial that runs for 2 weeks every 4 years....and that's about it.
He would also have to hustle sponsors to get what he gets for free in Sweden.
Obviously he is a pretty rate example because he's so good, but the USOC has relied otoo heavily on college athletics and facilities for far too long to do train up their athletes.
If the university athletics system in America ever crumbled (which it seems it's not out the realm of possibility anymore) USA would barely have a team anymore in most Olympic sports.
Just look at how we do in sports that are major College sports in the US (women's volleyball, track, Swimming, basketball, wrestling, etc) and how we do in sports that the university system doesnt cater to (men's volleyball, ping pong, weightlifting, cycling, etc).
Sure, we can win some medals there, but we aren't anywhere near as dominant in areas that the American College systems don't support.
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Posted on 6/30/22 at 5:33 pm to Jack Ruby
Scrolling through his instagram and he has sponsorships with Omega, Polestar, Redbull, and Puma.
I imagine he does better with sponsors being in Sweden.
I imagine he does better with sponsors being in Sweden.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 5:53 pm to Jack Ruby
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Even if he is 'only" making $500K-ish/yr in Sweden, the Swedes still probably put him up in a multi million $$ estate and pay for every nickel of his training expenses and needs.
Plus take 50% plus of his income in taxes to help fund a highly socialized government scheme, so he essentially becomes a government employee, working for peanuts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 6:16 pm to OchoDedos
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Plus take 50% plus of his income in taxes to help fund a highly socialized government scheme, so he essentially becomes a government employee, working for peanuts
So $250k is peanuts? In the US, he would be making less, maybe $300k and paying about 30% in taxes. I wonder if he is a corporation in Sweden and so paying 20% rate and then paying himself peanuts to avoid high taxes on his salary?
Posted on 6/30/22 at 6:28 pm to High C
quote:Only a true cuck still supports Mondo. Dude turned his back on the US after all we did for him
Nah, but we’ll still claim him.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 6:33 pm to Jack Ruby
Fwiw, there are a ton of foreign athletes competing in the US college system. And except for tennis and men’s soccer, they are sending their very best over.
In track, Andre De Grasse, Emanuel Korir, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Kirani James…the best of the best. All recent D-1 athletes.
Meanwhile, Noah Lyles, his brother Josephus who would make literally every other national team, Erryion Knighton, and some of these recent high school cross country stars have all gotten shoe deals as high schoolers.
Any shoe company would have been thrilled to sign Michael Norman, Allyson Felix, and Sydney McLaughlin as well, if they could have convinced them to skip college.
But I don’t see how college swimming, track, womens volleyball, women’s soccer, water polo, etc collapse.
NIL isn’t going to mess with Title IX
In track, Andre De Grasse, Emanuel Korir, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Kirani James…the best of the best. All recent D-1 athletes.
Meanwhile, Noah Lyles, his brother Josephus who would make literally every other national team, Erryion Knighton, and some of these recent high school cross country stars have all gotten shoe deals as high schoolers.
Any shoe company would have been thrilled to sign Michael Norman, Allyson Felix, and Sydney McLaughlin as well, if they could have convinced them to skip college.
But I don’t see how college swimming, track, womens volleyball, women’s soccer, water polo, etc collapse.
NIL isn’t going to mess with Title IX
Posted on 6/30/22 at 6:35 pm to Zappas Stache
Didn’t Brazier have a broken foot? I thought he completely shut down his 2021 season after trials.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 6:42 pm to Keys Open Doors
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Didn’t Brazier have a broken foot? I thought he completely shut down his 2021 season after trials.
Yes, running in the trials caused further injury so they shut him down.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 6:55 pm to Dead Snake
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Dude turned his back on the US after all we did for him
What all did we do for him exactly
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:06 pm to Keys Open Doors
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NIL isn’t going to mess with Title IX
If football breaks away from the NCAA soon, Title IX may not matter at all. Without that money cow funding everything else, Olympic sports in America would basically die.
This post was edited on 6/30/22 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:10 pm to Jack Ruby
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Without that money cow funding everything else, Olympic sports in America would basically die.
Olympic sports did fine begore gargantuan tv contracts for football. The facility wars in non revenue sports may die down, but i won't pretend that's a terrible thing.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:16 pm to Zappas Stache
Hell yeah, good for him!
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:56 pm to Jack Ruby
If football is contested through universities and players are on athletic scholarships, I don’t see how that changes the situation.
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