Watching soccer/football and track and field and swimming is depressing

[AutisticMonstrosity]

In swimming, especially women's, the medalists are 14-20 years old. They peak around 18-19, men around 21. In track and field and soccer, the prime age is early to mid twenties. In swimming and running (Cooper's test) the prime age is 19 years old and after that the decline starts and that goes on and on until you die. The same with maths ability, coding ability, your memory, language learning ability...

Only the absolute best athletes, who dominated at their prime in their sport, can remain competitive max. around 10 years, i.e. one decade if they are lucky with injuries (and the young recover from injuries much quicker, I know this well, big difference in a football/soccer player aged 17 and 31 in terms of time needed to recover from the same injury in a same player). 3 Olympic gold medals. 2000, 2004 and 2008 for example, 8 years needed if you had the best luck in terms of timing of the Olympics and your age.

Looks and IQ prime lasts the same. You live 75-100+ years, but your prime only lasts under 10 years. That is the time you have in this life to make a change.

 

[BornToLose]

Obviously but I am the same age as CR7 so not all sports are equal.

 

[AutisticMonstrosity]

In FIFA World Cup, the team with median age of 24 is likely to win a team with median age of 28. But the winning team is already too old at the next World Cup. There should be more World Cups, I would prefer one every year.

 

[BornToLose]

There should be more World Cups, I would prefer one every year.

That's retarded on so many levels.

 

[AutisticMonstrosity]

That's retarded on so many levels.

Every 4 years does not take into account human biology. If you get injured or catch a flu, you miss one. You could not play with COVID-19 even if you were fit to play, unlike with a flu when you can play when infected if you are not too disabled. For most sportpeople, they are at their prime only during one year/season (a few months in a life of 100+ years potentially).

 

[BornToLose]

Every 4 years does not take into account human biology. If you get injured or catch a flu, you miss one. You could not play with COVID-19 even if you were fit to play, unlike with a flu when you can play when infected if you are not too disabled. For most sportpeople, they are at their prime only during one year/season (a few months in a life of 100+ years potentially).

Yeah but there are domestic leagues, cups, continental tournaments and World Cup qualifiers that need to be taken into account.

 

[dolph99]

All sports is, is chads competing with each other over meaningless bullshit year after year.

Admittedly, they do get more sex than us though.