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Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:16 am to LSURussian
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Other than endorsements
Why would you qualify it like this?
Endorsements are how they're paid. Nike/New Balance/Adidas/etc. compete to sign the top T&F athletes. That is essentially their salary.
Xavier Carter signed for like 750k with Nike out of LSU.
ETA:
Boris Berian gets like $125k a year base salary from New Balance and 5 figure bonuses for placing in events. That is not counting other income he may get from winning events, other non-competing endorsements, coaching clinics, etc. And this dude runs the 800m. Nobody outside of T&F fans know that guys name.
The bottom line is that there is a very limited earning window in T&F and Mondo is in it. IF he becomes the best pole vaulter in the world (which he's on track for), he stands to make a very, very good living.
This post was edited on 5/17/19 at 9:25 am
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:29 am to LSURussian
Diamond League purses, appearance fees, bonuses given by the meets for breaking their own records, and potentially in Mondo’s case, bonuses for breaking the world record. He is 11 centimeters off the world record set in 2014 already as a teenager.
Last year was the least lucrative year in the Olympic cycle because it is the only one without an Olympics or World Chanpionship and Mondo didn’t even complete the entire Diamond League cycle because of school. He still would have collected about 70K in prize money and that’s not including appearance fees, potential bonuses for breaking course records, etc.
And honestly, Kendricks is damn near Mondo’s floor, which is insane. Kendricks is an amazing pole vaulter who has done everything you can dream of besides win an Olympic gold, and Mondo already has a higher career best than a guy at his prime. Despite that, the only thing that Kendricks has over him is consistency.
Last year was the least lucrative year in the Olympic cycle because it is the only one without an Olympics or World Chanpionship and Mondo didn’t even complete the entire Diamond League cycle because of school. He still would have collected about 70K in prize money and that’s not including appearance fees, potential bonuses for breaking course records, etc.
And honestly, Kendricks is damn near Mondo’s floor, which is insane. Kendricks is an amazing pole vaulter who has done everything you can dream of besides win an Olympic gold, and Mondo already has a higher career best than a guy at his prime. Despite that, the only thing that Kendricks has over him is consistency.
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