Fatigue. Satisfaction. Homesickness. Expectations of large sponsorship contracts upon
return home.
- Jay
On Wed, 04 October 2000, curtis taylor wrote:
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> Subject: RE: t-and-f: Greene turns back on huge payday
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> Any thoughts on why ANYONE would turn their back on 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS for
> less than 10 seconds of work for doing something that you are the best in
> the world at? Does this seem odd to anyone else?
>
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> Subject: t-and-f: Greene turns back on huge payday
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_956000/956195.stm
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> Olympic 100m champion Maurice Greene has turned down the chance to race for
> $500,000 in the Grand Prix final in Qatar on Thursday.
> The world record holder has taken the decision to fly back home to the
> United States from Sydney rather than compete in the final IAAF Grand Prix
> of the season.
>
> The $3.4m event has attracted 12 Olympic gold medallists from Sydney,
> including triple jump champion Jonathan Edwards and triple-Olympic medallist
> Marion Jones.
>
> Charlie Wells, manager of Jones, was particularly surprised by Greene's
> decision.
>
> He said: "You don't walk away from thousands of dollars like that. You can
> never get that money back."
>
> Overall record
>
> Greene has forfeited the chance to win $200,000 awarded to the athlete with
> the best overall record throughout all the major Grand Prix through the
> season.
>
> However, Jones is in no such predicament.
> She could be in line for an additional $50,000 if she were to win her
> re-match against Heike Drechsler and Fiona May in the long jump, both of
> whom pushed her into bronze in Sydney.
>
> Despite many of the athletes and officials arriving three hours late from a
> gruelling 21-hour flight from Sydney, Wells refused to criticise the timing
> of the schedules.
>
> He said: "If it requires us to travel 24 hours to put on a show, then that's
> what they pay us for."
>
> Entertain
>
> "It's part of our job. Our job is to entertain. It's a shame for the ones
> who miss it."
>
> Wells also confirmed Jones was enticed by the financial rewards of the Qatar
> meet.
>
> He added: "It's business, strictly business."
>
> The Khalifa Stadium stages only its third Grand Prix with women athletes
> after only allowing them to compete in 1998.
>
> With huge ground made by the IAAF and Qatar government, the Grand Prix has
> been elevated to stage the final meet of the season and will be watched by
> up to 50,000 spectators.
>
>
>
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