When do you Turn Pro if You're Athing Mu?

This minute!!!

Yes. Kessler also.

When the price is right according to her agent. Probably sometime next week.

You don't have to be Bob Barker to figure out that the price is right, NOW!!! As you said, get an agent and sign!!!

The time is NOW. If for some reason she does not make the Olympic team her stock will drop. You sign now with a bonus if she makes the team.

gopro wrote:

Now? After the trials, or after the Olympics?

Noon tomorrow.

Now. You could make an argument for after the trials. Definitely not after the Olympics lol.

Yeah, It's best for her career and family to cash in now.

That sucks for fans in Texas.

I hate the fact that if she turns pro she'll leave College Station for Hollywood, California where the Olympic Medalists live and train in the world spotlight in the de facto center of international sports media.

Strike while the iron is hot- NOW!!!!

I feel like if she wins the trials her stock will go up. I don’t think she peaked for NCAAs as she didn’t need to cause she is just that good.

After the trials, as she will see if she should take on 800m professionally.

There probably would be two different training groups to choose from, depending if she decides to focus on 400m or on 800m.

Which pro group will she join?

I can only think of Pete Julian or Derek Thompson.

Why not just stay in school… her scholarship and gear package is worth much more than 50k per year and she can get an education still go to the Olympics and then go pro after college and after that get a real job/coaching job.

Now!!

not sara hall wrote:

Which pro group will she join?

I can only think of Pete Julian or Derek Thompson.

Those are the only 2 pro groups that make sense. But a 3rd option for her would be to go pro and stay at Texas A&M and train with her current coach.

She has mentioned several times how much she likes living in that area, and she is very good friends with her roommate, Dominique Mustin. Not to mention whatever other friends she's made there over the past year.

Going with Derek Thompson, who is only a few miles away from her parents house, might not give her the independence that many 19 year olds want. And going with Pete Julian means a move to a completely new area of the country.

It would also mean she would be training with one of her two top rivals - Ajee Wilson with Derek Thompson, and Raeven Rogers with Pete Julian. Athing Mu might not want that.

I know that Pat Henry typically doesn't want pros training at Texas A&M , but I bet for Athing Mu he would make an exception. Especially if she wants to continue taking some college classes and work towards her degree. If he wouldn't let her continue to train there he would be basically kicking her out of college, and I don't think he would do that.

Plus think of the recruiting possibilities for the coaching staff if she trains at Texas A&M for a few more years. "Hey high school runners. Come to Texas A&M and train with one of the best runners in the world!"

fasterrr wrote:

She could probably get a 70k contract now and 100k if she wins the trials.

Not even close. While the vast majority of pro track and field athletes make very little money, the few athletes at the very top make a lot of money. By "very top" I mean Sydney Mclaughlin, Allyson Felix, and Sha'Carri Richardson. And Athing Mu is as talented as those 3 are.

She is world class in 2 events, plus she can run on the 4x400. She's attractive, speaks well, and stays out of trouble. Plus everyone is talking about her, which is good for marketing her sponsor. She will get at least 500k per year.

She is not getting 500k. What value does she provide to demand that type of cash?

She is not attractive enough to push that much product.

Johnny Sins wrote:

She is not getting 500k. What value does she provide to demand that type of cash?

She is not attractive enough to push that much product.

She is real and super talented. I love her carisma and will take it over all the make up and filtered looks.

Also yes, she is attractive.

You gotta be trolling if you are saying athing has the same marketability as Sydney McLaughlin