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Lots of strongmen are guys who couldn't make it in the NBA or NFL. Brian Shaw literally played d2 basketball lmao. And he's like top 3 in history for that sport. It's a nobody cares sport.

I wasn't talking about strongmen, I was talking about John Haack, a powerlifter. But that's by the by.

I'll probably end up saying this again in this post but why the fixation on money? You'd have to be an idiot to chase a career in sports if money is your primary motivation, you'd have better odds winning a lottery.

Consider what's actually involved to become even an elite athlete. You will end up spending 15-20 years of hyperspecific training just to become moderately good, and if you're lucky you'll be able to quit your main source of income to focus on your sport and just get by with a mediocre salary. That is 99.99% of athletes in every sport, including football.

Basically I'm saying your entire premise here is wrong. People aren't going into sports and just choosing the one they think will give them the biggest multi-million dollar contract. They're choosing sports based on what they enjoy doing and what they're gifted at.

Usain Bolt is rich and fuck and Sha'Carri Richardson is getting 10s of millions from Nike.

Extraordinarily rare it's not even funny. Go onto the world athletics website and scroll through the list of fastest ever 100m times. By the time you get to page two you're looking at people who still have to hold down a day job.

But I'm sure you'd see a lot more guys breaking the 10 second barrier if track paid. Tons of NFL guys have pretty good 100m dash times.

Lionel Messi was a top athlete in the world at one point. Yes.

There are less people that play certain sports. Hence they make less money. Rugby is full of unathletic stiffs.

See Zammit and his 28 inch vertical.

Zammit is a generational talent for rugby. Below average athlete by football standards.

There's also lots of incredible athletes in rugby.

While we are cherry picking examples, Tom Brady was famously unathletic.