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- Jun 21, 2003
At one of the regular Grand Prix events she would have made $9000 for her third place finish. At the GP Final, $12,000.Vicky458 said:I hope she doesn't risk further injury at the Cheesefest. Do you mean to tell me that she could make more money at the Cheesefest than doing the GP? She made $15,000 at Campbells. How much do they make at the GP?
The fee schedules go:
Cheesefests:
1st -- $50,000
2nd --- 25,000
3rd --- 15,000
4th ---- 5,000
5th ---- 3,000
6th ---- 2,000
Grand Prix event
1st -- $18,000 (down from $30,000 last year)
2nd --- 13,000
3rd ---- 9,000
4th ---- 3,000
5th ---- 2,000
Exhibition fee for skaters who do not win prizes -- $200.
GP Finals
1st -- $25,000 (down from $50,000 last year)
2nd --- 18,000
3rd --- 12,000
4th ---- 6,000
5th ---- 4,000
6th ---- 3,000
In announcing the fee schedule for the cheesefests, the USFSA made it clear that their intent was to elevate these made-for-TV events as serious competitions.
"'By introducing this prize money U.S. Figure Skating is making a significant investment in establishing these three events as major competitions for the top athletes in our sport,' said Chuck Foster, president of U.S. Figure Skating."
In addition to prize money, I think that the skaters can also negotiate appearance fees. I have read that in past years Michelle received something like $100,000 per event, but I don't know whether that is true or not.
I do know know that (like MZheng says) the skaters try to honor their contracts once they agree to compete in the cheesefests (unlike their commitments to the Grand Prix series, which do not seem to be taken very seriously). This was reported to be the main reason why Sasha insisted on skating in the December event last year, honoring her commitment even against the wishes of her coach. Reportedly this was the main issue over which Sasha and Tarasova broke up last year.
Mathman