I missed the part where he was "left without a track team." Sounds like he chose to attend a university without a men's track team, that has pledged to help him continue in track. This station really needs to have higher standards.
Samething I was thinking 🤔. He picked a school for football that does not have a track team. Track came around and he got more offers and decided to stick with his first pick. "The school with no track team"
He chose to attend SMU before his breakout T&F season. SMU can promise to help him all they want, but who will coach him, attend T&F meets with him, pay for travel, etc., not to mention no 4x100m relay team. He should transfer to University of Houston or Baylor after his freshman season because both offer better football teams and competitive T&F teams.
@Shane Plyler “RU-vid is new media and is pretty much unregulated bullshit, this is not that.” Literally the guy commenting under a RU-vid video on RU-vid 😂😂
@@kujichaguliaself-determina7388 All he needs at SMU is a good coach with a track and field background that'll be committed to helping him be prepared for track season every year. If he gets that, all he needs to do if focus on the 100m, 200m, and whatever field events he's good at. He doesn't need a relay team.
WRONG. That college doesn't give a sh*t about the kid if he gets hurt playing football for the next 4 years. He needs to switch schools immediately and get into a good track program.
'The kid' isn't trapped at that school, and could easily switch if he wanted to pursue exclusively track, and he isn't obligated to do so. There's nothing wrong with doing things your way. He made his choice to continue in both sports, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Much more money in football than track. The world championships just happened and virtually no one is talking about it. When I bring it up in competition I get blank stares, and people don't recognize the biggest stars like McLaughlin, Mu, Warholm, Lyles, Kerley. And it's much easier to be one out of 1600 NFL players making on average several million a year, or one out of 5-10 notable track athletes who make a couple million at most from sponsors.
@@TheGuyCalledX WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.... most pro football players don't end up making much as their careers are very short with an average of only 3 years because of injuries. You cannot look at a handful of top football players and point to them for their success because I can also then point out top sprinters like Usain Bolt with a net worth of $90 MILLION. And FYI, the average pro football salary is $860,000 per year, NOT "several million" so quit posting misinformation. Do a little more research and you'll see that most pro football players end up BROKE after they retire from the game. But let's put the money aside for just a minute....the lifetime of disability this kid will likely suffer from knee and shoulder injuries as well as traumatic BRAIN INJURY from football makes track a MUCH better choice just for that reason alone. Not to mention, the likelihood of this kid getting injured in college football before he even gets to the pros is VERY high. Do you have any other misinformation that you want to post?
Wait.... he CHOSE a university without a track team? He isn't "left without a team." He just didn't make track a priority. Texas has several colleges that have both programs. As far as top track schools, those would be Arkansas, A&M, LSU, Florida and Oregon. All of those schools also have top tier football programs. Oregon isn't SEC, but still gets plenty of national attention.
You forgot USC and about to be a member of the Big 10 while SMU is still a member of the dying AAC that is about to lose U of Houston, Cincinnati and UCF to the Big 12 next year. Oregon is still part of the devastated PAC 12 that lost USC and UCLA.
@@pierregoree145 you have a couple of rare gifts. Try not to squander them. Work hard in your education. Work hard in your sports. You have your whole life in front of you. Stay focused. Good things come to those that work the hardest. You've done very well so far. Good luck young man. I'm rooting for you as well as thousands of people around our country are also. 🙂
You did say young man which is what he is. I don't know what the hell is this boy's problem is, because he called him a boy. That's not right even if it is a black male saying it. It's disrespectful and don't believe it was just a misread . That's a man until it's proof he's not.
Because it’s always been called BOYS track in HS everywhere. Why tf would it be called young man’s track. Quit trying to make shit racist when he’s LITERALLY A BOY.
@@davidramirez2162 - nobody said anything about racism until you did. I pointed out he's a man not a boy. Why are you so sensitive about your racist attitudes?
Why is this a story if the young man said he's sticking to his commitment to SMU? He's clearly talented, but he can easily go to another school if he wants track and football.
Bad advisers, they supposed to tell this young man to transfer to a school with both a track&field and football program. If not, he'll learn the hard way not to make decisions based on emotions without logic in the real world.
I assume that SMU is paying his young man that handsome penny for attending. if not this dude is wasting his talent he needs to go to the school are any number of schools in Texas but have both of track and football program
I think this was a good decision tbh. If he has a falling out or doesn’t respect how the track coach on the team that he’s on is coaching him, he can just switch teams unlike if he were running track at a university. Also, he won’t just be restricted to the coaches at the college he attends. He can travel anywhere he wants to train with the best coaches in the off-season instead of being restricted to the area that he goes to school in
@@Avogadros_number All that sounds fine and dandy, but colleges blow smoke sometimes to get what they want. But he'll find out the hard way how colleges don't give a crap about anyone's personal ventures if it's not making the school money. They're totally self-centered.
Someone failed this talented young man with this choice of college that he made, and the decision to continue playing football. At worst, he should attend college just on an academic scholarship and join a well known track team. He could get sponsorships, appearance fees and endorsements, without the chances of getting injured playing football and a lack of having a yearlong track teams support. This move is great for his academic future. But not so much for his track future. I hope that I’m wrong.
@@Anthony84739 This kid is guaranteed an income in track and field right now, even with a decline in performance… Unless you know something that hasn’t been said, he on any NFL scouts radar. You’re talking like he’s a guaranteed NFL star player, which he’s not. But let’s play devil’s advocate.. at bottom level, the minimum nfl salary is $650,000 and not guaranteed. There are 18 & 19 year old track stars (which he would be right now) that are earning $1-$2 million guaranteed.
@@caipirinha_king1632 *Also he has to get through 4 years in football without a career ending injury. In the meantime, he will likely not progress much in track because SMU lack of a track program and anyone thinking he can train his self to world competitive levels in track, doesn't know anything about the sport at all*
@@__________Troll__________ Exactly… College football training is almost all year long after their season is over and winter break. He made a commitment. I just think it was to the wrong sport. The days of college players being two sport athletes and on Olympic teams has been long gone.
My friend ran track and played football for SMU. He was drafted and went to the NY jets and sent team to playoffs and AFC championship game. It is a shame SMU lost their track team. I wonder if NCAA rulings were the cause of it.
SMU could not figure out how to keep a successful program and blamed Title 9. SMU is still feeling the effects of the death penalty. Look how long it took to upgrade their facilities. No wonder they are in an inferior conference.
However, if he becomes an NFL corner, the top guys are making 20 million a year. In 3 to 5 years, the decent CBs will be making 20 mill per year. Choose football unless he is significantly better at track.
Pierre did run the fastest all conditions time in the country. So technically he is the fastest highschool track athlete in the US. He ran 10.09 with extremely illegal wind.
NOPE. Running *with* illegal wind doesn't "technically make him the fastest". The fastest performance is ALWAYS and ONLY wind legal. Wind-aided performances are completely meaningless. All true track heads know this. It's the just the rest of the world that cannot figure it out.
Please lookup what happened to Terrence Wheatley out of Plano East. 10.05(!) 100m and >50” triple jump. Played DB at Colorado instead of going pro in track. 5yrs later he was drafted in the 2nd round, but washed out of the NFL in a few years due to injury. Hope this kid avoids injuries. Devon Allen focused on track after the football injuries mounted bc he still had world class speed. Now he’s going back to football and still runs 4.3.
@@alphablobmom5521 - Eh, that's misleading. How many of the 20% are 100M sprinters and not other categories like Distance Runners? 100M runners are usually very high-profile and have long careers. They get an unbelievable amount of sponsorship, too.
SMU doesn’t have a track team, but the best kinematics lab? They’re going to turn this young man into something different since they’ll only have him to focus on.
@@hotdogman3603 it’s not hard to believe, however, it’s not because coaches know more. It’s because of coaching gamble and some of their guesses have worked. Most coaching though is 20 years behind the science.
@@Hengel_Andrews I wouldn’t call it gambling. I would call it testing a hypothesis or an experiment 🤔 where championships are on the line. High level coaches are most definitely ahead of science. Can’t speak for the coaches you’ve experienced
In Track and Field, you don't need to be on the college track team in order to be successful. You can train on your own and become fast enough to go pro. All u need are the fast times and a great coach.
He doesn't need a team. Find a club or sign up for USA track and field and travel to open meets. He'll have to pay money but he can still run. And if he's that good he'll be ok.
Respectfully, a quality college team is way more than just going to meets. It's coaching, nutrition, strength and conditioning and an environment focused on improving that specific skill set.
He can join a track club or just go to meets and run unattached. I just hope the young man stays healthy, stays out of trouble and surrounds himself with good, wise people. He'll be ok.
I read the caption like WTF??? Realizing this is from a "news" outlet coming outta ignit-ass Texas where this reference is OK. I'm certain I'm not the only one who peeped it.
@@SPECIALTRADER1 Weak & white? Didn't a white Englishman win the 1500m gold? 🤣 Didn't a half white Italian win the gold medal in the sprint? These are not even sports that white folk are known for. White folk dominate more sports overal in the Olympics than black folk do.
Its wild to me that this high school age male can still be the times of all the world class professional female sprinters.... if this isnt proof on how males and females are physically different and the sports should be treated as such, then i dont know what is!!
This is the prime example I always use. 10.66 would win 99% of all female races ever ran. Marion Jones was running 10.7's juiced to the hilt. Shelly ann Frasier and Elaine Thompson are still juiced to the hilt and they would barely make top 5 at an Indiana boys high state finals meet. The 100m sprint is the absolute pinnacle of all athletics. It's the first thing anyone does athletically, too sprint against others. So it's the event that has the purest amount of talent. There are 8th grade boys who can run 10.7's... it's really so simple.
ALL this probably without doping yet. I think women in term of strength for the most part peak around a 14 to 16 years old teenager boy. If you had doping maybe a little bit higher . 17 and up for the most part Guys naturally have the advantage.
Fastest kid in the country !? Hell no!!! A junior from Cali named Rodrick Pleasant (state champion) ran a 10.14 legal wind …..and has another year left to run even faster
Pierre's fastest wind legal time was a 10.10 at districts in prelims. Thats faster than 10.14... Fastest time (but not wind legal) was a 10.08 for him. So yes, he is the fastest boy in the country this year
@@Bobbito3 There was no wind reading at district when he ran 10.10 so it’s not “legal”. Rodrick Pleasant ran the fastest legal time so he’s still the fastest.
There is a sophomore in WV who ran a 10.45 into a -0.1 headwind. I think come his Senior, maybe even junior year, he will have the title of fastest highschooler in the Nation.
If he has legitimate track speed, he needs to choose track over football. Football is devastating to bodies and minds. There are several top tier track colleges in a 300 mile radius of DFW. He needs elite track coaches...
He needs to work on that drive phase though. All that speed and my guy popped straight up out of the blocks and still ran a 10.3!!!! I salute, but he needs some good coaching and he just might be great. I wish him the best and nothing less.
Well I hope he can succeed in track without a team but if his heart is in football then he has to follow that passion. Unfortunately football left him getting injured a lot but wish the best for him!
…Congrats to him…record speed for his age category…however…he may need to sacrifice one sport or the other to be truly successful…and/or look for another school to attend if track happens to be his first love after all… he could really get injured if he stays in football…and both sport choices could be awash…i hope he does well and much success and love either way…he sounds like a sweet young man and a great guy…🙂
football doesnt equate to fast track times in college. At the University level track is track and football is football. you will have to choose one to be elite.
He's not good enough to be pro yet and even if he was he'd get smoked. Mens 100 is the most competitive event ,can't even compare that to the events Allison was running.
I understand trying to stick by your word but what is that going to do for your future? I see so much regret in his future with this decision but I wish him the best of luck. There are too many great schools with both programs that would have offered him a full ride, it's not making sense.
10.36 is honestly very far away from 10 flat in the 100m. It's like a 12 foot gap. His chances of becoming an elite sprinter are likely lower than making it onto an NFL team. USA sprinting is about as fast, young, and competitive as it's ever been, sweeping both the 100 and the 200 at Worlds with 6 different athletes
Fr I hate to say it. You can have world class talent and speed but unless your actively competing and pushing your self your just going to slowly decline.
Dude could go to University of Arkansas for track. I actually plan on trying to get a scholarship there for track as they have one of the best track programs in the nation.
