r/trackandfield

8d ago

u/andfilipe1

26.5% of US elite athletes make under $15k a year. How do track athletes keep going?

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26.5% of US elite athletes make under $15k a year and about half get no pay from their sport (2024 congressional 'Passing the Torch' report). How do track athletes actually keep going between college and a shoe deal? Family, side jobs, GoFundMe? And would fans backing an athlete directly, with full transparency on where every dollar goes, ever work in track?

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MeKillStuff

8d ago

They have jobs like everyone else.

andfilipe1

8d ago

True, and most do. The ones I find interesting are the near-elite who can't train full time because of the job, the ones who might have made it.

SlantFaceKilla

8d ago

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You answered your own question.…