Shawn Johnson on Yahoo.com Homepage.
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That's a really nice story. The story is a nice bit of recognition for Shawn, and her success in gymnastics provides some nice recognition for the state of Iowa. I hope she keeps it going all the way through the Olympics.
If she wins gold she will be doing all the major talk shows, hosting SNL, cameos on TV shows, Wheaties box, etc... She is much more attractive then other gold medal winning gymnasts so her fame will take off.
Now if we can get Jay Ronayne to recruit her after she's done diddling around in the Olympics. I mean, after all, you're not accomplished until you're a Cyclone... :wink:
She already is, I saw her on Ellen the other day
Yes, I have seen Ellen, MrsBrianHos watches it in the evening when I am running around the house.
Sure.. we know you tivo it and stay up late to watch it after the Mrs. goes to bed...
She already is, I saw her on Ellen the other day
Yes, I have seen Ellen, MrsBrianHos watches it in the evening when I am running around the house.
Ellen is AAA, I was referring to the big leagues; Letterman, Leno and Oprah!
You know, I was actually wondering about this while watching the Olympic trials. Do elite Olympic calibur gymnists typically go on to compete on college teams, or is that just such a step down that it doesn't happen? Most of these girls aren't yet college age, and I can't imagine putting that much time and energy into something and walk away at 16 years old, but short of going on to a college team, I'm not sure what other competitive options they have, unless they have a shot to repeat at the Olympics.
She can't participate in gymnastics in college - she's taken a lot of corporate gifts and things already and would therefor not be eligible as an amateur.
She has a bunch of sponsorships and can no longer do any amatuer competitions (i.e. college)
I don't know if it ever happens anymore where an athlete is actually an amateur in the Olympics
It's really too bad because they would be able to go to any school they wanted for a full-ride and get a darn good degree. Instead, they get a few short-term incentives, vehicles, etc but then have nothing to fall back on unless they have that certain ability to remain famous for the rest of their working days.
That is correct. What she technically did was she "Went Pro". Her status is no longer in Junior Competitions and thus removes her from the ability to proceed with collegiate competition by my understanding. There are some 10+ levels in gymnastics and I think that once you decide to compete at the level for National and World Competitions, you've striped your right as an amateur. Does that make sense?