BenjiHeywood
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- Dec 17, 2023
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Yeah, soccer is pretty awful i think. But the general culture in other sports here is to do what you enjoy.
There's lots of money in soccer, obviously, and individuals in things like golf and tennis obviously make big bucks. But it's not an obvious life goal, not in the way that NBA, MLB, NFL etc offer so many sportspeople the opportunity to make silly money. Professional rugby players aren't getting 7 figures a year or anything like it.
Being good at sport won't get you into college, for a start, and is highly unlikely to make you any money. The main reason kids here want to be professional sportspeople is because then they could play sports all day.
That has it's downsides, of course, and the US certainly produces far more athletes than we do. But, aside from soccer, there's isn't some huge industry chewing up young hopefuls and spitting them out.
There's lots of money in soccer, obviously, and individuals in things like golf and tennis obviously make big bucks. But it's not an obvious life goal, not in the way that NBA, MLB, NFL etc offer so many sportspeople the opportunity to make silly money. Professional rugby players aren't getting 7 figures a year or anything like it.
Being good at sport won't get you into college, for a start, and is highly unlikely to make you any money. The main reason kids here want to be professional sportspeople is because then they could play sports all day.
That has it's downsides, of course, and the US certainly produces far more athletes than we do. But, aside from soccer, there's isn't some huge industry chewing up young hopefuls and spitting them out.