Hyde is the kind of quality raw talent we been missing?

[Karl]

Xiang may be something of an outlier, for now, but other hurdlers have earned decent money.Dayron Robles of Cuba was earning a few hundred thousand a year (before Cuba took their share) Lolo Jones had some lucrative endorsement deals.

Also, we all know that one phenom can reset what everyone else earns in an event.

Agreed.
...and it seems that you are now looking at more moderate earnings year to year. The questions are, probability of Hyde making it into those leagues at track or at football and if it is determined that he could, how to weigh which as better option?

[Islandman]

The only option on the table today is track and field.

If someone offers him a football opportunity in the next 12-18 months then he will have something to think about. Until then....there is no choice to make.