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Micah Ward · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 5:48 am Post subject: Milrose Games

Milrose on ESPN tonight. Or this afternoon for you guys on the left coast. What can we expect, I haven't even looked at the start lists. Guess I'll do that.
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coachd · Water Boy Joined: 09 Sep 2002 Posts: 72 Location: Out west

I saw regina Jacobs might not run...apperently injured herself in the world record race (they don't drug test at Milrose do they?)...preview of the race at...

http://www.usatf.org/news/showRelease.asp?article=/news/releases/2003-02-05.xml

The mile looks very strong.

Micah Ward · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:54 am Post subject:

Drug test at Milrose...oooh...I like that. Wink

Does look funny how she seems to miss so many big meets. But the rest of the races look interesting. Glad I will be home in time to watch it.
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Micah Ward · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:55 am Post subject:

Oh yeah...another thing. Why isn't Webb running? Isn't this what he left school for?
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Dan · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 12:16 pm Post subject:

I think he left school because that wasn't working... Rolling Eyes

Dan
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Distance_Guru · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:49 pm Post subject:

From what I hear on other more popular, but much less intelligent (usually) message boards, Webb is going to run an 800 at the University of Florida this weekend. Talk is he'll be shooting for around 1:48
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Micah Ward · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 5:09 pm Post subject:

Mrs Ward and I are watching the Milrose right now. She asked how much the coaches of these athletes make a year and who pays them. Do the athletes like Mo and Stacy pay their coaches or do shoe companies or some one else pay them? I thought it was an interesting question. Anyone know the answer?
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Dan · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 5:17 pm Post subject:

I think they're generally paid by the athletes, probably similar to the percentage that agents and reps get. Some of the more successful coaches also likely have sponsors such as shoes and apparel.

Dan
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Conway · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 10:16 pm Post subject:

If I rwemember correctly NIke pays Webbs coach ... So I think it is both ways ... Shoe companies pay or the athlete sets em up on some kind of percentage take .... Marion is now looking for a coach .... Which I hazzard to guess means she will be doing the paying ... And since Nike apparently had no knowledge of who was coaching her it would seem that that is the case in her situation ... Would probably depend on how much the athlete makes AND how many athletes a coach has in a "stable" ... I am going to try to ask a few people and find out though ....
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Dan · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:07 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Raczko (sp? -- I probably missed a few consonants in there) got I believe $25k per year in Webb's deal. I think that was a rather unique deal, though, with his contract being attached singly to the one set up with Webb. The only other coach sponsorships I can think of seem to be more through a club of elite athletes, and even then I'm not positive there's true sponsorship there...

Speaking of Milrose, how 'bout that Gail Devers???

Hopefully, we've seen the last of "SloMo" for the year...

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Distance_Guru · Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 3:37 am Post subject:

I was watching the Milrose games and saw an athlete with a very familiar name. Erin Belger (sp? on the last name). She didn't do very well, but that name is bugging me. They said she had run in college for Cal. I really want to say that I remeber her being from NM and that she went to Sandia high school. But for some reason I think I could be getting her confused with a girl that was maybe a footlocker champion or something along those lines. Anybody know who she is and where she's from?
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PELLMELL · Water Boy Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 12

PELLMELL · Water Boy Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 12

Wached the games what there was of them, mostly a waste of two hours. Maybe this afternoon will be better.
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Dan · Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 9:35 am Post subject:

That bad, huh? NBC isn't known for out-doing ESPN in terms of T&F coverage...

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Micah Ward · Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 1:52 pm Post subject:

ESPN's coverage wasn't that bad when you take into account what T&F coverage is normally like. NBC spent too much time today showing races that ESPN showed last night. So if you watched both then at least half of today's coverage was a repeat. Random thoughts:

Devers was awesome.

Trammell should do real well this year.

Dragila is back.

Lagat should challenge El G this year.
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