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What is the most competitive position in sports?
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:07 pm
I mean as a player. The position that has the most talent. Where you constantly have to fight off people for your job. For be sake of this thread let's limit it to the big 4 sports.
There are ebbs and flows to this kind of stuff but which position in sports today do you think is most chock full of talent?
There are ebbs and flows to this kind of stuff but which position in sports today do you think is most chock full of talent?
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Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:09 pm to Patton
NBA guard?
Seems like the NBA at all positions leads the "odds race" in chance of making it vs. other sports.
So, by the numbers it has to be an NBA position probably.
Seems like the NBA at all positions leads the "odds race" in chance of making it vs. other sports.
So, by the numbers it has to be an NBA position probably.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:09 pm to Patton
Pitcher.
If you pitch in the majors, for at least 95% of them, their organization just drafted at least one guy with more arm talent than you
If you pitch in the majors, for at least 95% of them, their organization just drafted at least one guy with more arm talent than you
This post was edited on 1/11/17 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:09 pm to Patton
NFL RB. There are so many RB by committee teams right now
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:09 pm to Patton
Running back
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:10 pm to Patton
quote:
which position in sports today do you think is most chock full of talent
quote:
What is the most competitive position in sports?
These are two slightly different questions imo
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:10 pm to Patton
WR in the NFL is pretty fricking stacked with top end talent right now.
As far as being able to lose your job in an instant though I'll offer a hot take and say kicker in the NFL. Most contracts structured so they're easily disposed and it seems like teams are often willing to part with a guy after a couple weeks of bad misses
As far as being able to lose your job in an instant though I'll offer a hot take and say kicker in the NFL. Most contracts structured so they're easily disposed and it seems like teams are often willing to part with a guy after a couple weeks of bad misses
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:10 pm to Patton
CBs in football today can't touch WRs anymore and CBs are just losing one stop away from being out of the league.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:11 pm to castorinho
High school senior players eventually drafted by an NBA team: About three in 10,000, or 0.03 percent.
High school senior players eventually drafted by an NFL team: About nine in 10,000, or 0.09 percent.
High school senior players eventually drafted by an NFL team: About nine in 10,000, or 0.09 percent.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:11 pm to Patton
CB. Your target knows where he is going.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:12 pm to Patton
NFL kicker. There are only 32 in the entire world.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:12 pm to Patton
Shortstop.
Shooting Guard.
Cornerback.
Quarterback.
Idk
Shooting Guard.
Cornerback.
Quarterback.
Idk
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:13 pm to Patton
if we are saying pro sports of Soccer, Football, Basketball, and Baseball
I'd say NFL Running Back - so many lose their job because they got injured for a few games and the backup simply did better
I'd say NFL Running Back - so many lose their job because they got injured for a few games and the backup simply did better
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:15 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Exactly, the pool of possible NBA point guards ranges from 5'11" - 6'7" - just so many possible people in the world that are good at basketball at that height, only so many 6'10" skilled people in the world
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:15 pm to Patton
i personally think it's running back and not even close. you can win the job in week 5 and be out of the league forever by week 12, it's insane.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:37 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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i personally think it's running back and not even close
Yeah but almost no one plays American Football outside of America.
Basketball is so global right now.
And how competitive is a position when you don't even have to be great at it. You mentioned getting dropped to practice squad. NFL mentality is plug and play at the RB position. Meaning you do get opportunities and chances - because players get hurt or fall out of favor.
Try getting into an NBA game if you have two stud guards ahead of you. Didn't Jeremy Lin play like 5 minutes in 4 years before he got a chance with the Knicks after everyone in front of him got hurt?
Backup running backs see the field more often - backup NBA players ride the pine.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:37 pm to Patton
NBA Point Guard. Forwards and centers aren't as competitive because there aren't many 6'7"-7' genetic freaks out there. Even a shooting guard has to be at least 6'4" or 6'5" and again there aren't as many top athletes out there at that height. But at point guard, measurements aren't as important. It's almost entirely about skill and ability and athleticism. There are hundreds of millions of people who play basketball and a large majority of them aren't tall enough to be a 2-guard or forward or center. The only position they can play in the NBA is point guard. So the competition there is as absolutely insane.
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:48 pm to Bench McElroy
i would think fg kicker ...
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:48 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Yeah but almost no one plays American Football outside of America.
Basketball is so global right now.
that doesn't really matter because the jobs exist globally as well. so football is basically only american and all running backs come from american colleges to work in the american nfl.
basketball is global so guards can come from anywhere, but you can also play anywhere. if you get cut from an nba team, you can still make six figures elsewhere. the position of "basketball guard" likely has a similar ratio to nfl running back in that sense.
and it's totally unfair to say "NBA guard." that's not a position in sports, that's a specific league. what's stopping you from saying "quarterback for the green bay packers"?
This post was edited on 1/11/17 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 1/11/17 at 1:51 pm to Patton
I would say it has to be a baseball position. Most young kids recognize early on whether they have the athleticism to play football or basketball at a high level. If not, they focus on baseball. So I think the sheer numbers are higher in baseball. So I would say SS or P.
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