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Quote1: "Though 26 is a remarkably young age at which to retire in traditional sports, in esports it’s the norm" Quote2:"This stands in stark contrast to tradi
by unnouinceput 5y ago
Quote1: "Though 26 is a remarkably young age at which to retire in traditional sports, in esports it’s the norm"
Quote2:"This stands in stark contrast to traditional sports. The NBA’s average player age is 26, according to a 2021 survey and even in the super-demanding NFL, the average player retires between age 26 and 27, per the NFL Players Association."
I don't know Washington Post (& Jonathan Lee, the article's author), seems you kind of dropped the ball here.
- smcl 5y agoI'm not sure that they did. They're holding up the NBA as a good stand-in for the average sport/league pair (I think they could've picked MLS, MLB, the English Premier League, Bundesliga or NHL and observed a similar result) saying that the mean age of active players there is the same as the mean esports age of retirement. So already we can see that it's a bit of a surprising outlier. Then the point is driven home by comparing with (in their eyes) one of the most physically demanding sports/leagues - the NFL - where players apparently still retire a little later than esports people It's maybe clumsily presented, but it does demonstrate how esports is a peculiar case that doesn't necessarily follow expectations.