Replying to Should ski sponsors have contracts that last for the life of the sponsored pro?

I feel like its so not worth it to try to make money as a pro skier (unless youre gay), because after the 5-10 years your pro, you stack up about as much money as you would working the cash register for walmart. And after the time at walmart, you get promoted and earn more as you age. With skiing, most pros earn less and less as they age.

elementality is like the village gingerkid now that people have heard how shittily element treated its pros. Elements trademark saying was to write the name of the pro skater and then say “element for life” below it on their pro deck as if they were going to sponsor their pros for life. But in reality element shitcanned its aging skaters and screwed them out of anything close to reasonable earnings.

I think its shitty that awesome
skiers cant make enough off sponsorship dollars anymore. Its almost as if the only kids who can afford the ski pro life are kids of wealthy parents. Thats the dream i guess, having your parents buy you a ski in ski out condo at breck so you can just focus on your skiing. But its kind of sad that the message from ski sponsors given to the kids of non rich parents seems to be “forget about making a living out of this kids, its just a hobby to get your ass laid”.

i dont understand how football basketball and baseball teams can each split among its players about 200 million per year, while in the skiing scene theres probably a one or 2 hundred thousand each ski sponsor divides up in between their athletes every year.

are my numbers off or am i in the right ballpark?

anyways, i think sponsorships should be for life as long as the pro doesnt get like 3 dwis or something stupid.

**This thread was edited on Apr 26th 2020 at 5:20:19pm