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re: Mondo can kick rocks
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:37 am to LSUfan4444
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:37 am to LSUfan4444
quote:This is also wrong. All the athletes personal coaches are there coaching them. You can watch it on the track if you want….
The US won't allow his parents to be olympic coaches,
Mondos parents could coach him 100% of the time if he was in team USA. They just weren’t going to be placed on the payroll
This post was edited on 8/6/24 at 9:38 am
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Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:38 am to fierysnowman
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you may want to reflect on why your life is so small that a guy pole vaulting for Sweden hurts your feelings
you may want to reflect on why your life is so small that someone not cheering for a Swede hurts your feelings.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:48 am to JVFan1
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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.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:01 am to lsupride87
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Mondos parents could coach him 100% of the time if he was in team USA. They just weren’t going to be placed on the payroll
Do you not think that's the same thing I was saying?
You're just trying to be argumentative. You understand the sentiment, you've seen I've already explained it in greater detail earlier.
It's just easier to say that the US won't let his parent(s) coach the team than giving full context every time it's discussed.
I think you know that.
I think you just like arguing that one point because maybe you think others don't understand the difference.
quote:You'e trying to diminish the weight on one games. Mondo's weight and value goes well beond the olympic games.
The us track team has multiple athletes that will bring home multiple golds in one Olympics. Mondo will only bring in one.
I don't know the full economics of what the Duplantis family salary would be, the full value from the Diamond League, the Continental Tour, and the World Championships, I have no clue how many other gold medal winning, world record breaking world champions in track & field have a family member capable of being an olympic team coach and how many care enough to negotiate for it. What I do know is it matters to Mondo, the US can do it but they chose not to.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:10 am to LSUfan4444
quote:No I don’t at all. I think many people, maybe the majority, think the US wouldn’t allow Mondos parents to coach him. As that’s what they are saying
Do you not think that's the same thing I was saying?
The truth is USA simply wasn’t going to pay for Mondos parents to coach him
I don’t think that is semantics. I think it’s a very big difference
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:28 am to poochie
U S could have gotten him. They knew what it would take and they passed. It is just like college recruitment when you have 2 choices, he took the best choice for him.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:31 am to That LSU Guy
A female snowboarder who was born and raised in California, went to college here, speaks crystal clear English, chose to represent China in the Winter Olympics to “honor her grandmother” (and get crap-tons of endorsement deals in China). That was a crass money-grab.
I do not think that is what is happening here. This is a Louisiana family and a LSU family. Anyone who heard Mondo rep LSU and Tiger stadium on NBC knows the guy bleeds purple and gold.
That being said, he only went to LSU for one year and he has pursued a professional career as a track athlete. Track and field is an actual thing over in Europe and he is based there (I think). It is celebrated when American soccer players go to Europe to become professionals. Sweden allowed him to chase his pro career earlier and essentially guaranteed he’d compete at the Olympics. I am totally psyched for the guy. The fact that he did it with his parents was even better. Overhearing the dad tell him “Go get the world record!” was epic.
I do not think that is what is happening here. This is a Louisiana family and a LSU family. Anyone who heard Mondo rep LSU and Tiger stadium on NBC knows the guy bleeds purple and gold.
That being said, he only went to LSU for one year and he has pursued a professional career as a track athlete. Track and field is an actual thing over in Europe and he is based there (I think). It is celebrated when American soccer players go to Europe to become professionals. Sweden allowed him to chase his pro career earlier and essentially guaranteed he’d compete at the Olympics. I am totally psyched for the guy. The fact that he did it with his parents was even better. Overhearing the dad tell him “Go get the world record!” was epic.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:32 am to lsupride87
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No I don’t at all. I think many people, maybe the majority, think the US wouldn’t allow Mondos parents to coach him. As that’s what they are saying
Will the NBA let Lebron coach Bronny?
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:34 am to That LSU Guy
Americans would rather celebrate and pay tik tok unemployed housewives who aren't qualified to wash dishes at applebees. Mondo did the right thing and its paying off. He will be one of the greatest olympians when all said and done. Y'all can all STDDB
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:36 am to ELVIS U
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U S could have gotten him. They knew what it would take and they passed. It is just like college recruitment when you have 2 choices, he took the best choice for him.
no one fault but the US. Stop with these dumbass threads every year
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:37 am to LSUfan4444
quote:
Will the NBA let Lebron coach Bronny?
Not really the same thing. NBA would not be paying for it. the Lakers would be and they can do what they want. The US made the choice not to pay for Mondo's parents. So he chose to go over there where he could get paid and they could as well for doing the same thing they would be doing here.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:39 am to JVFan1
quote:
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.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:42 am to Texastiger43
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Not really the same thing.
No shite.
That's why the chosen verbiage doesn't make it "wrong". It's just an easier way to say it.
Lebron will coach Bronny even though he won't be the head coach of his team.
Mondo's parents could coach him daily but not be official coaches of his team should he compete for the US
It's just easier to say that one reason Mondo doesnt compete for the US is because the US won't let his parents coach him. That's not wrong, even though the wording may not provide full context.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:45 am to LSUfan4444
You really are arguing just to argue. Lebron is getting PAID. Mondo's parents would not get paid if he was in the US. Yes they could be his coach but they would be leaving money on the table. Saying the US will not allow his parents to coach is incorrect.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:05 am to Texastiger43
You realize you're saying and explaining almost exactly the same thing I said earlier right?
Well, everything except for telling people they're wrong when they correctly say that the US team won't let Mondo's parents coach him.
Well, everything except for telling people they're wrong when they correctly say that the US team won't let Mondo's parents coach him.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:18 am to Adam Banks
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Here I was thinking you were supposed to earn things in America
The Olympic basketball team used to have tryouts when it was college players. They don’t make them tryout anymore.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:37 am to poochie
He did what was best for him and his family.
Participating for Sweden also allows his father to coach him and
his mother to be his trainer.
This all in addition to track being dramatically bigger in Europe.
According to your response, highly regarded players should just go to the college closest to them and not the one that is best for their future development
Participating for Sweden also allows his father to coach him and
his mother to be his trainer.
This all in addition to track being dramatically bigger in Europe.
According to your response, highly regarded players should just go to the college closest to them and not the one that is best for their future development
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:42 am to LSUfan4444
quote:Except this is 100% false
when they correctly say that the US team won't let Mondo's parents coach him.
The US team will let Mondos parents coach him just like Noah Lyle’s coach is at the Olympic Games right now coaching him
It is not semantics. It’s just blatantly false to say the US wouldn’t allow Monroe parents to coach him. And you know that
This post was edited on 8/6/24 at 11:43 am
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:50 am to WDAIII
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Swedish women are wayyyyyyy hotter than American women
Not his gf
Posted on 8/6/24 at 12:03 pm to LSUfan4444
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Do you not think that's the same thing I was saying? You're just trying to be argumentative. You understand the sentiment, you've seen I've already explained it in greater detail earlier.
It's just easier to say that the US won't let his parent(s) coach the team than giving full context every time it's discussed. I think you know that.
You could literally use the same amount of letters to change let to pay and actually convey that you know what you’re talking about
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