The Hyde discussion - Earnings of T&F athletes inclusive of

[Karl]

Sprints/Hurdles. (dated)
How Much Money do Track and Field Athletes Actually Make?

July 25, 2013 by Jack Wickens

Open up your local newspaper or do a web search and you can easily view the income levels of top professional athletes in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, tennis, golf, etc. Try to find similar data for track & field athletes and you’ll pretty much come up empty.

There are many things that cause this lack of public transparency about professional track & field athlete earnings – not the least of which is that the primary source of this income (shoe company sponsors) is negotiated privately with each individual athlete/agent, and the contracts often contain performance trigger points and bonus clauses that add unpredictability to the contract value. Also, sources that are visible, like prize money, are generally too small to generate much public attention.

This “secrecy” may be an inevitable element of our athlete’s “independent contractor” status but in some ways it has not helped advance the sport, has not helped attract young athletes, and has not helped the negotiating leverage of our athletes.

Source: http://trackandfieldathletesassociat...actually-make/

[Karl]

Associated - Is track and field really a professional sport?

Is track and field really a professional sport?

For Usain Bolt, it is. A Forbes magazine survey released this month estimated the Jamaican sprinter's annual earnings at $23.2 million, ranking 45th on a list of the world's richest athletes.

What about Kind Butler III?

He is a world record-holder, too, albeit in a relay. The Indianapolis sprinter estimated his 2013 earnings from track: $6,000, or about 4,000 times less than Bolt. That underscores a challenge facing American athletes and their Indianapolis-based governing body, USA Track & Field.

"There's a big gap between the haves and have-nots in track and field," said Merhawi Keflezghi, a Fishers agent who represents his brother, Meb Keflezghi, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist and winner of April's Boston Marathon.


http://www.indystar.com/story/sports...ttle/11282551/

[Bricktop]

This discussion is moot...Hyde is a have...not a have not...he will be a multi-millionaire when he turns pro and signs his shoe deal...

[Gamma]

in an individual sport like track and field, each individual's earning potential has no bearing on any one else's.

hyde has the potential to be the verybest there has ever been where hurdling is concerend but that is only one aspect of his profession, there are endorsements. he could be very good but not viewed as marketable as well as he could take that marketability to another level.

as witht he athlete from munro, hyde will make a decision which he thinks is in his best interest. time will tell whether it was the best decision and the armchair/monday morning qb's can still have at it.

[Karl]

the armchair/monday morning qb's can still have at it.

Trust me they shall! ...matters not Hyde's winning or losing as there will always be unfulfilled wonder on, "who he have made in the other sport?"!