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re: Could Jim Thorpe have played professional sports if he was 25 today?
Posted on 2/16/14 at 1:48 pm to Powerman
Posted on 2/16/14 at 1:48 pm to Powerman
quote:No, but in addition to training and nutrition, the population is much larger today than 100 years ago.
It's not like the human species has evolved into some super athlete species in a matter of under 100 years
Also, more people are playing sports today than in the past. The "top athletes" in the 1940's might not have actually been the best athletes around because sports were not as popular then. There could have been some amazing athletes who did not compete in anything. It's much less likely that an amazing athlete will not be discovered today.
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Posted on 2/16/14 at 1:59 pm to PrimeTime Money
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Also, more people are playing sports today than in the past. The "top athletes" in the 1940's might not have actually been the best athletes around because sports were not as popular then. There could have been some amazing athletes who did not compete in anything. It's much less likely that an amazing athlete will not be discovered today.
The NFL and the NBA weren't as popular in the 1940's as they were today, but MLB, boxing and track & field were more popular than they are today, and college football was as popular as it is today. In the 1920's, the USC-Notre Dame football series regularly drew over 100,000 fans and Knute Rockne was every bit as popular as Bear Bryant and Nick Saban, if not more popular.
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