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Allyson Felix

Co-Founder, Saysh · 1 appearance on the record.

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8statements → 7claims → 6claims resolved → 100%fully supported → 3.75/5average certainty → 2.12/5average debate potential → 3said about them ↓

6 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not checkable as stated how the 7 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

7 assertions · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 7 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 6 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Allyson argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Nike offered Allyson Felix a 70 percent pay cut during 2017 negotiations.
“I remember when Wes called me, and he told me what it was and the number was 70% less than what I had been making, and I remember just feeling like somebody had just, like, punched me.”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 18:14 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Allyson Felix on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Allyson Felix said on How I Built This that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nike requested Allyson Felix's image for a World Cup ad during disputes.
“The Women's World Cup was coming up, and I remember, like, this very vividly. I was sitting in Cameron's nursery, and I got a call from Wes, and he has, he's like, don't shoot the messenger, but Nike wants to know if they can use your image in this campaign. I…”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 28:53 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Assertion Supported
Nike offered Allyson Felix a 70 percent pay cut during 2017 negotiations.
“I remember when Wes called me, and he told me what it was and the number was 70% less than what I had been making, and I remember just feeling like somebody had just, like, punched me.”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 18:14 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Assertion Supported
Female track athletes routinely concealed pregnancies to avoid sponsor pay cuts.
“Women really struggled through pregnancy and motherhood in track and field, and so what they would do is, if they were like in between contracts, like I was, they would Hide their pregnancies, they would sign new deals, and then they would carry on or contract…”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 21:13 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Assertion Supported
Major athletic brands traditionally construct women's footwear using molds of men's feet.
“A shoe is made off of a lass, which is a mold of a foot, and it's, A man's foot that has been used to make women's footwear.”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 40:24 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Assertion Supported
Allyson Felix became the most decorated athlete in World Athletics Championships history.
“And at this point, that World Championships that we just came off of, I think, Wes, correct me if I'm wrong, I think I had become the most decorated athlete at World Championship history.”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 18:30 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Assertion Supported
Athleta had never sponsored a professional athlete before signing Allyson Felix.
“They actually, they had never sponsored an athlete before.”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 34:26 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Assertion Supported
Allyson Felix's leap from high school to professional track was unprecedented.
“It was something that in the U.S., to my understanding, no one had done before, and so, you know, people had all their thoughts on it.”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 2:27 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Disclosure
Saysh specifically targets everyday active women rather than elite marathoners.
“What I'm passionate about is this running shoe, and really giving women something that they haven't felt before, and not for the woman who is, like, trying to, you know, break the marathon world record, because I just don't feel like that is every woman, but, …”
Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 46:23 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix

The other half of the tape: Allyson Felix's own voice is left out of every number here. 3 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Statements about Allyson Felix, by other people (3)

Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Nike contracts penalized Allyson Felix 25 percent for missing medals post-pregnancy.
“The way that these contracts are set up. You get a bonus. If you win a medal, you get a reduction if you don't win a medal. So here was going to be Allison, you know, 10 months after giving birth and she would need to go to the world championships. She would n…”
Wes Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 27:05 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Assertion Supported
Saysh produced the first Olympic gold-winning shoe worn by its brand owner.
“And the first shoe to win a gold medal by an athlete who owns the brand too.”
Wes Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 45:15 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix
Insight
The primary value of talent agencies is accessing benchmark market pricing data.
“What you don't know is how much other people are getting for that same opportunity. And when she said that it fully clicked and my trust for her, like grew even more. And people would come to me and they're like, you've got the biggest athlete in the sport. Wh…”
Wes Felix Mar 16, 2023 ▶ 12:18 HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
HIBT Lab! Saysh: Wes and Allyson Felix Mar 16, 2023 13m
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