Sporting careers are fleeting
Sure, professional athletes can have careers of ten or twenty years, but how many of those are there? The overwhelming majority of those who play sport seriously in childhood have stopped doing so by the time they leave university. Compare, if you like, the number of school, university and adult hockey teams. Probably a 100:10:1 drop out rate, or thereabouts.
(ubergeekian, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 16:19, Reply)