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Sports today aren’t what they used to be. Michael Jordan famously used to put down the basketball and pick up the golf club for nearly the entire offseason. Lar

Sports today aren’t what they used to be. Michael Jordan famously used to put down the basketball and pick up the golf club for nearly the entire offseason. Larry Bird wasn’t particularly fit. Now, athletes are practicing year-round in realistically unobtainable physical shape. Likewise, esports used to be a fun thing that friends would do for fun money back in the day. You wouldn’t put crazy time into it because you still had a day job and $1,000 winnings won’t pay rent for long. Now, these e-athletes are practicing 12+ hours a day. There’s no healthy way to play video games 12+ hours a day, no matter how much you’re getting paid. Until we remove the monetary incentive such that these unrealistic hours aren’t put into children’s games, we’re going to continue to see these athletes self-destruct their lives with these ridiculous regimens.

matwood 5y ago
MJ played basketball year round (along with other sports). He was one of the first players to put a 'for the love of the game' clause in his contracts [1]. When you saw MJ playing golf or baseball that was less about him taking time away from basketball, and more about being a ruthless competitor at pretty much anything. Larry Bird may not have fit the athletic build, but he absolutely practiced year round. He was famously discipline about shooting daily, etc... Players like the above were great because they loved the game. It was part of them, and in the case of Bird, his body paid the price. The advances that have been made (when to practice, when to rest, nutrition, etc...) let players play and practice year round with a structure that also lets them play longer careers. [1] https://brobible.com/sports/article/michael-jordan-bulls-contract-love-for-the-game/ https://brobible.com/sports/article/michael-jordan-bulls-con...

matwood 5y ago

MJ played basketball year round (along with other sports). He was one of the first players to put a 'for the love of the game' clause in his contracts [1]. When you saw MJ playing golf or baseball that was less about him taking time away from basketball, and more about being a ruthless competitor at pretty much anything. Larry Bird may not have fit the athletic build, but he absolutely practiced year round. He was famously discipline about shooting daily, etc... Players like the above were great because they loved the game. It was part of them, and in the case of Bird, his body paid the price. The advances that have been made (when to practice, when to rest, nutrition, etc...) let players play and practice year round with a structure that also lets them play longer careers. [1] https://brobible.com/sports/article/michael-jordan-bulls-contract-love-for-the-game/ https://brobible.com/sports/article/michael-jordan-bulls-con...