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His chess career. He most certainly has a wealth of other opportunities, and I tend to think of these chess grandmaster types as very capable of being very good
by saxonww 4y ago
His chess career. He most certainly has a wealth of other opportunities, and I tend to think of these chess grandmaster types as very capable of being very good at a lot of other things.
- smoldesu 4y agoMan, I really hope nobody treated Brittney Griner like that when she came home... "Hey, I know you're an Olympic athelete who has been unfairly persecuted for overblown doping allegations, but... have you ever considered a career in journalism?"
- saxonww 4y agoYeah... In that example though it's a basketball player caught with vape pens in her luggage, not olympic doping. The big difference is that she's not harmed her reputation with her behavior, like Hans has (or she would have were it Olympic doping). For better or worse, we care about how people represent themselves, and at least in the US vape pens don't impact your reputation like allegations of cheating do.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoGriner is accused of some drug offenses, but AFAIK not doping. She's not accused of cheating in her sport. In either case, she may well be too old to continue playing competitively when she comes back. But both she and Hans might still find careers in the sport as coaches. By all accounts Hans is an excellent player, even if he's cheated, and a former cheat could still find modest work as a coach.
- Vrondi 4y agoThis would be more like _if_ she had admitted to doping during Junior Worlds, then wondered why nobody had confidence in her performance in the Olympics.
- troelsSteegin 4y agoFYI, she's still in prison: https://people.com/sports/brittney-griner-releases-statement-from-russian-prison-birthday/ https://people.com/sports/brittney-griner-releases-statement...
- neaden 4y agoChess is most of these peoples lives. Hans has talked about how basically all he does is study chess, play chess, and eat take out food. He doesn't really have any non chess basked skills.
- justsomehnguy 4y agoThat's great, but if for some reason I would lose the ability to make a living through my usual means then nobody would defend me. All I would get is "get your ass and go work [in McD/whatever]". It is similar to the physical sports - after your career is ended (especially if abruptly from an injury) you just go and work like everyone else.
- SomeBoolshit 4y agoThis depends on the exact circumstances of how your career was ended.
- jjk166 4y agoIf you were a rising star athlete and someone broke your legs, you'd have no problem finding a lawyer to represent you.
- FartyMcFarter 4y agoAn injury is an accident, very different from something someone caused on purpose.