Grant Fischer made known his feelings about the price remaining in money that he and other athletes have not yet received for the Grand Slam track event by Michael Johnson. Fischer took a Jibe to the TPS administration before its participation in the USATF 2025 USATF championships in Eugene from July 31.
Fischer participated in the events of 3000m and 5000m in Kingston and Miami editions of the TPS. He dominated the 5000m event in both editions. Fischer obtained its appearance costs for Kingston but still awaits the money price, which was promised to be paid before July 31 by the League.
The Los Angeles of the League edition was canceled because it was faced with major cash problems. The League has promised to pay the Kingston price tomorrow and the remaining price for Miramar and Philadelphia by the end of September. Expressing his opinion, Fischer said that if the League did not pay payment, athletes and investors would hesitate to trust new ideas in the future.
“The fact is that if the money does not pass, then no athlete will never want to try a chance on a new idea, no investor will want to try a chance on a new idea,” said Fisher (via Letsrun). “It will just be a bad thing for sport if things do not pass. So my fingers are crossed. I hope everything works.”
The Double Olympian will participate in the 5000m male and 10,000 m at the USATF championships.
Michael Johnson reveals the reason for the Grand Slam track league faces financial problems
Michael Johnson launched the Grand Slam track league last year. However, after three editions of the meetings, the League faced a major blow, which Johnson stressed because an investor withdrew. In an interview with Front Office Sports, Johnson said that the league and athletes were affected due to the withdrawal of the investor, which he did not reveal.
“It was a blow for us, caused a major and major problem of cash flow for us, put us in a difficult position, put our athletes in a difficult position,” said Johnson. “But we are very convinced that we will get out of it.”
“We had a very difficult situation this year this year,” added Johnson. “We had an investor who could not honor his full commitment to the League.”
Michael Johnson started the League with a committed investment of $ 30 million.
Published by Luke Koshi
