OK just read that Katie Hoff has gone professional. Not that this has any bearing on anything but I am bit bummed.
I really was hoping that she would break Pablo’s NCAA records for most wins in college. There is a part of me that
really wants to have swimmers be amateurs, but that is quickly blasted out of the water with all the DUAH! Why
wouldn’t an oober athlete get millions of dollars for their athletic talents --that is years overdue. Does any one think
swimmers will get to be “divas” or “divos” like some professional athletes?
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I think Katie wanted to get the endoresements, so she could stayed on the same team instead of going to another state for college. Anyway, she isn't expecting to make a million dollars a year for ten years. As for Amanda she is a successful model for many different mags-sports illustatated being one of them. She doesn't make as much as the William sisters or Michelle Kwan-the figure skater but she doesn't do that bad. Actually,Rowdy Gaines, Donna Devonna, and Summer Sanders and in the past John Nabers got announcing jobs because of their swimming. Sanders is still very active as announcer for different sports and had her own show-Olympic Gold last year. Gaines is use to promote products ilike Swimmers ear and some other products and Donna Devonna did annnoucing for different sports for almost 4 decades. Janet Evans does public speaking and gets a pretty good salary. None are making millions but probably make 250,000 to around 500,000, not bad salaries.
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I think Katie wanted to get the endoresements, so she could stayed on the same team instead of going to another state for college. Anyway, she isn't expecting to make a million dollars a year for ten years. As for Amanda she is a successful model for many different mags-sports illustatated being one of them. She doesn't make as much as the William sisters or Michelle Kwan-the figure skater but she doesn't do that bad. Actually,Rowdy Gaines, Donna Devonna, and Summer Sanders and in the past John Nabers got announcing jobs because of their swimming. Sanders is still very active as announcer for different sports and had her own show-Olympic Gold last year. Gaines is use to promote products ilike Swimmers ear and some other products and Donna Devonna did annnoucing for different sports for almost 4 decades. Janet Evans does public speaking and gets a pretty good salary. None are making millions but probably make 250,000 to around 500,000, not bad salaries.
