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re: Mondo can kick rocks
Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:34 am to ThrowITdeep
Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:34 am to ThrowITdeep
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Money isn’t the most important thing in life.
Right. Maybe the most important thing is family.
USA Track and Field would not permit Armand to be coached by his father (for vaulting) and his mother (for diet and conditioning). Ans so "Mondo" was forced by US Track and Field to choose between competing on the national team and his family. And he chose family.
And for many of us in South Louisiana, that is the most important thing.
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Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:37 am to poochie
People get pissed when Mondo chooses to represent another country, but no other LSU athletes that represent other countries, such as Aleah Finnegan representing the Philippines. Opportunities are opportunities. Sweden was a better opportunity for Mondo. I don't blame him a bit. Shaq was born in Germany. Do you think German's are mad because he played for the US and he was born and raised in Germany? Poochie can kick rocks.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:38 am to poochie
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Leaves us for glory in another country.
His brother was already on the Swedish team. Sweden hired his dad to get him to come. Classic SEC move.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:38 am to WhiteMandingo
quote:True. US compared to Sweden for medal payouts
saw a chart thet the gold medal winner only gets 38k from the US
Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:40 am to TBoy
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USA Track and Field would not permit Armand to be coached by his father (for vaulting) and his mother (for diet and conditioning)
THIS IS NOT TRUE
You don’t have to make USA the bad guy to defend mondo. The US would allow mondo to have whatever coaches he wants. Any athlete can have whatever coach they want. They all have personal coaches. They train with their coaches far more than the national team. Not even close
For example Noah Lyles coach is lance brauman. He isn’t on the USATF payroll.
The USA simply wouldn’t and can’t realistically put his parents on the official national team payroll
This post was edited on 8/6/24 at 8:47 am
Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:53 am to ThrowITdeep
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You are either too young or too stupid to realize…
Money isn’t the most important thing in life.
Have some damn pride in your country and not sell your soul for a coin
LINK
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His stardom has earned him an estimated £4million, with brand endorsements from Red Bull and Puma adding to his prize money. If he retains his gold in Paris, he will earn an additional £40,000.
Please, tell me again how stupid it is to choose money when he's got a $5 million net worth at 24 years old. And that amount figures to increase by quite a bit after his showing in Paris.
You're acting like he went and became a citizen of another country that he had no other ties to, just for the purpose of competing. He's been a dual citizen his entire life.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:59 am to Tiger Prawn
On a side note, Mondo’s sister currently represents LSU as a member of the women’s track team.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:00 am to Tiger Prawn
quote:Ryan Crouser, the Olympic shot putter in America y’all use as an example to show how nobody cares about Track here, had an estimated net worth of 3-5 million. And shot put gets less media buzz than pole vaulting
Please, tell me again how stupid it is to choose money when he's got a $5 million net worth at 24 years old.
People shouldn’t attack mondo
However
On the other side people attacking the US and making it seem like our athletes are paupers or the us tells you who can and can’t coach you are also idiots
This post was edited on 8/6/24 at 9:05 am
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:08 am to TBoy
What about his coonass dads roots lol
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:12 am to lsupride87
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The USA simply wouldn’t and can’t realistically put his parents on the official national team payroll
Sure they can...isn't it exactly what they did for Phelps / Bowman?
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:14 am to ThrowITdeep
Olympics…
Where guys compete with girls,
People can choose their nationality,
And insult the last supper.
Enjoy your stupid parade
Where guys compete with girls,
People can choose their nationality,
And insult the last supper.
Enjoy your stupid parade
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:15 am to Pelican fan99
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100% agree. But too many here are afraid to say it. If it were up to me he’d have his citizenship revoked at once
Who would have know that Kim Jong Un posts here.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:16 am to lsupride87
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the us tells you who can and can’t coach you are also idiots
I don't think alot of people really think that I do think it's a misunderstanding between team and personal coaches. Being a tam coach provides a revenue source for his family. Hiring his parent(s) as personal coaches without being team employed removes an income source and makes it an expense.
It's been a clear deciding point for the Duplantis family for years.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:18 am to LSUfan4444
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Sure they can...isn't it exactly what they did for Phelps / Bowman?
So they going to add Noah Lyle’s coach too?
And Shacarri?
And Crouser?
Do I need to keep goin?. The us shouldn’t and can’t realistically add everyone’s personal coach to the USATF national team. We have too many studs that win gold. Mondo isn’t the only one…..If we added every golf medal favorites coaches to the payroll it would be ridiculous
But his parents can remain his personal coach just like the other athletes above that have their personal coaches…
This post was edited on 8/6/24 at 9:19 am
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:20 am to LSUfan4444
quote:I understand and don’t blame them
It's been a clear deciding point for the Duplantis family for years.
But multiple people keep posting “the US wouldn’t allow his parents to coach him”. It’s just flat out wrong.
The US team is just too loaded to be making concessions for every athlete who wants their personal coach on the payroll
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:28 am to lsupride87
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So they going to add Noah Lyle’s coach too?
You're moving the goalposts.
You said they couldn't. They can, they just won't.
Maybe personal coaches on the team payroll is not an issue for Lyles, Rischardson, etc.
It is for Mondo.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:29 am to lsupride87
quote:
But multiple people keep posting “the US wouldn’t allow his parents to coach him”. It’s just flat out wrong.
It's not wrong...it's poorly worded but not wrong.
The US won't allow his parents to be olympic coaches, Sweden does.
quote:
The US team is just too loaded to be making concessions for every athlete who wants their personal coach on the payroll
Mondo is not every athlete.
Either was Phelps.
This post was edited on 8/6/24 at 9:30 am
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:32 am to SaveFarris
Flimsy comparison. If you prefer to pull for Sweden and its athletes, fine. I'll stick with the American team.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:33 am to poochie
Here are the real reasons why Mondo Duplantis competes for Sweden.
1. He's a citizen of Sweden and the United States. His mother is from Sweden. His Swedish grandparents don't even speak English. Despite lies and misinformation on social media that suggest Sweden paid Duplantis and fast-tracked his citizenship, the fact is, Duplantis has been a citizen of Sweden since his birth.
2. By competing for Sweden, Duplantis was able to start competing in pole vaulting at a younger age. Sweden does not have the same age restrictions on competing at the highest levels of the sport. The United States does.
3. As it pertains to the Olympics, Sweden selects their Olympians on the totality of their performance over several years, rather than an all-or-nothing Olympic trial.
4. It's more lucrative financially. Pole vaulting is popular in Sweden. It is not a mainstream sport in the United States. Mondo Duplantis is a national superstar in Sweden, viewed with the same regard by Swedes as the country's best soccer players. He was the 2020 World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year and is estimated to be worth millions.
5. Sweden offered to let Mondo's father Greg Duplantis, a former world-class pole vaulter himself, coach him on the Swedish team. The same offer was not made by the U.S. team. Mondo is still coached today by his father Greg, and mother Helena.
1. He's a citizen of Sweden and the United States. His mother is from Sweden. His Swedish grandparents don't even speak English. Despite lies and misinformation on social media that suggest Sweden paid Duplantis and fast-tracked his citizenship, the fact is, Duplantis has been a citizen of Sweden since his birth.
2. By competing for Sweden, Duplantis was able to start competing in pole vaulting at a younger age. Sweden does not have the same age restrictions on competing at the highest levels of the sport. The United States does.
3. As it pertains to the Olympics, Sweden selects their Olympians on the totality of their performance over several years, rather than an all-or-nothing Olympic trial.
4. It's more lucrative financially. Pole vaulting is popular in Sweden. It is not a mainstream sport in the United States. Mondo Duplantis is a national superstar in Sweden, viewed with the same regard by Swedes as the country's best soccer players. He was the 2020 World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year and is estimated to be worth millions.
5. Sweden offered to let Mondo's father Greg Duplantis, a former world-class pole vaulter himself, coach him on the Swedish team. The same offer was not made by the U.S. team. Mondo is still coached today by his father Greg, and mother Helena.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:34 am to LSUfan4444
quote:The us track team has multiple athletes that will bring home multiple golds in one Olympics. Mondo will only bring in one. He doesn’t swing a stick to make the USATF organization put his parents on payroll…He got Sweden to do that. Great for him and his family. Not realistic for team USA track. He could still keep his parents as his coach
Mondo is not every athlete. Either was Phelps.
Phelps won 28 medals for theUS Olympic team. He swings that stick
This post was edited on 8/6/24 at 9:35 am
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