re: How long will Mondo compete for LSU?

There are a few. It isn’t a huge thing, and some of the leading guys never join one because they would rather strike it on their own and make their money through salaries, appearance fees, and prizes. That can be just as lucrative.

Also, the teams I can think of haven’t had pole vaulters before, and probably wouldn’t sign one unless Mondo was even closer to the world record.

This is really an estimate, but I think a combined 500K endorsement + prizes + appearance fees total is reasonable for a non-Olympic year between now and his age 30 season. That doesn’t include the money he would get from Sweden (maybe 100K a year) or the USTFA (less than that but not 0). Track endorsements are highly opaque and were even more closed off before Boris Berian’s Nike lawsuit that got him free from his initial deal.