I think it put us right to 6k.

Quick guess, had only $549 to go until hit the $6K mark...

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Yup, after his donation it was at exactly 6,000

Clearly LA is into numerology.

10 and 2= Month and Day of being diagnosed with cancer.
7 number of times he had a yellow jersey at the end of a little race in France.
1 number of balls he is missing.

This is his way attempting to make things right and offset some of his bad karma.

5+4+9 = 10+2+7-1

Either that or that rounded off the gifts to $6k theory

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Oh of course... This thread is still here. I wouldn't expect dan to come in. I walk back my comment

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Whomever gets the money should technically still pay taxes on it....and you might have to issue them a 10-99....might wanna do some research on it to avoid problems. Don't wanna get some poor triathlete audited.

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If you tried to raise $6000 for the opportunity to blow Brett Sutton, Lava Magazine would be all over it. They'd likely start an employee matching program as well.

Nice land for the awards ceremony.

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And if it's taxed as regular income or prize money might also make a difference in what their net is. I would imagine WTC 1099's pro's for any earnings. Perhaps Brandon can chime back in. If it's regular income, for a pro, that might be a low bracket. It's it's prize money, like from a contest or lottery or game show, the effective tax rate can be much higher rate, upwards of 40%.

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Could it be considered a gift? If so, isn't the donor liable to pay only if the gift is over $14k?

Your vagina called. It's being audited.

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Just curious but why don't you attack me for the things I say....why attack Wattie? What does Wattie have to do with this? Lots of Watties have donated.

It's me that thinks you're a fucking asshole...not Wattie

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I love wattie. I think he's brilliant for capitalizing off of triathletes who take themselves too seriously.

And when you put it in your signature, you need to remember the Elite Team's constitution: you ARE Wattie Ink, and you represent the brand. You bring it to life.

So my apologies if you weren't being a team player and you didn't intend to represent the brand by backing up your words with it.

P.S: Do you really buy the part about being "the fiercest of athletes"? Or do you just nod along so you can pimp a fly kit?

Only a complete fucking idiot, like yourself, would think we represent our triathlon team in all aspects of life and conversation. I don't see you bashing Zoot for Bryan's comments?? Even though they were similar to mine.

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I've never known anyone on the Zoot team to take themselves too seriously. They all smile in their team pics. And they call themselves Zooters. Who can take themselves too seriously while being called Zooters?

I give him Zoot shoes at a discount, bitch owes me. ;)

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Cool...at least now I understand why you would derail the thread in order to take a chicken shit anonymous pot shot at our team.

There are so many things you could bash about me instead. So much simpler.

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Pretty sure it's being donated as a gift, so no taxes, that has been stated somewhere by TRS.

Do people on Team Zoot really call themselves Zooters? If so, I'm totally jealous!

We do, always have, since 2008. :)

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two possible finish line scenarios:
1) 20 pro triathletes standing around the finish line at 16:59, playing a game of chicken
2) 6th and 7th place wrestle each other, trying to push the other over the finish line

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This of course assumes that $3k or whatever it ends up being means more to the pros than doing their best. Which I seriously doubt.

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Yeah, I mean they likely have sponsorship responsibilities that would preclude them from doing a stupid stunt like that. We may find it amusing to conjecture, but as a "professional" it would reflect poorly on them, to actually stop and wait or do something blatantly obvious to finish 7th if they are too far up the road. They would capture one payday at the possible expense of sponsorship money over the long term.

And I don't think this effort needs to end in a stunt to be effective assuming the point is to try and draw attention to an inequity in prize purse in Ironman races.

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