Lauryn Williams
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55 appearances
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first heard Aug 2024
last heard Aug 2024
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The endorsement opportunities were, I'd say, pretty good.
That was sponsored by Johnson & Johnson and Bank of America.
In the 2004 season, there were some other small sponsors that came along the way.
But the main way that we made money as track and field athletes was from a shoe sponsor.
So from 2004 to 2009, my sponsor was Nike.
And then from 2009 to 2013, I was sponsored by Saucony.
Yeah.
So in Nike, it was around $200,000 a year to start.
And then with track and field contracts, the way that it works is that there's various bonuses and incentives built into your contract.
So, for example, if you earn a medal, you could get an increase in your annual salary for the remainder of your contract, but you could also get a bonus for that medal.
I was through the moon.
I was super excited.
And like I said, a junior in college was like, I am filthy rich.
You know, you feel like the sky's the limit.
And I come from a family that didn't have high earnings.
So there just wasn't a lot of money to go around within the family.
So I felt like I'd really made it.
Little did I know, though, that, you know, your agent takes 20 percent of your earnings and then above and beyond that.
There is Texas, good old-fashioned Texas.
It was a crash course in life where mistakes were made.
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