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Forget football with this kid, I want to see him in The Olympics and winning gold. Too bad for him decathlon isn't the path to superstardom and wealth anymore, he might break all the records if he trained just for the events in decathlon.
Also a number to keep in mind....9.82. That is the NCAA record time set by Tennessee track star and Atlanta native Christian Coleman in 2017. Boling set the high school record with a 10.13 last month. Forget the 9.97, that was wind aided and barely a footnote.
Whoa.....I've never seen anything like that. Has ever played football at all? Just imagine him being a kick returner.
It was 9.98 and I wouldn't say the fastest all conditions 100 in history is barely a footnote.
Even without playing football, he's still as asset to UGA because he raises the profile of the school. I heard UGA mentioned on 3 different programs on ESPN this week when talking about Boling.
Yes sir, he will be a huge asset to UGA. He will be training for the Olympics, should be a great story for the nation to follow.
Ted Ginn bet 10k that he could beat anyone in a 100 yard dash and Boling accepted. I hope this happens
I think technically he can’t because he would lose his amateur status and wouldn’t be eligible for the olympics. Too bad because it would be easy money
How does that not affect his amateur status?
You cant profit off of your talents while someone else pays for schooling to be an amateur. Sad archaic rules.
Although @Muffingod I wouldn't say easy when one is a high schooler and the other is a professional athlete who is paid to run
I don’t think it’d be easy, nothing ever is when competing against professionals, but I’d love to see it happen. It’d be fun to watch and it would bring more attention to Boling and UGA T&F
So if two players bet each other $5 on who is the fastest then the winner loses his amatuer status because he profitted?
I would think the source of the money should be the important issue.
The publicity from just this one tweet is bringing a tremendous amount of free publicity to UGA. Every major sports news outlet is carrying it. It has even been picked by a UK publication.
Maybe they could do it like Michael Phelps and his shark- side by side video?
The Olympics is full of professional athletes.
If it might effect his NCAA status then just make it a charity event and donate the $10,000.
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And to think, he stumbled a bit on the 100 record breaking event. If they clean up his take-off, he might have gotten closer to a 9.85-9.90 sec
Most insane comeback I've ever seen in T&F.