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By sitting out a year, they could lose their skill and competitiveness and also getting one year older. For athlete because of short career timespan, time is pr
by matz1 6y ago
By sitting out a year, they could lose their skill and competitiveness and also getting one year older. For athlete because of short career timespan, time is precious.
Even the risk of playing and having injury during non pandemic time is probably greater than covid.
- bsder 6y ago> For athlete because of short career timespan, time is precious. Primarily because of injury. A year spent training but not playing has significantly reduced probability of injury. And, it's not clear that delaying a year is actually a downside even normally. Baseball pitchers, for example, have significantly improved career lifespan if you limit their exertion while they are young.