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hunter

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23. How long can you play professional basketball before your body wears out or something breaks?

Reply to Fix The Stupid (Reply #17)

Thu Aug 15, 2024, 03:45 PM

Aug 2024

After that, how much is a teaching or other professional certification going to cost so you can have a regular career with health benefits and eventually retire with an adequate pension?

Pro sports is a windfall, not a lifetime career. Best get while the getting is good.

$102,000 ain't that much. I've suffered hospital bills larger than that, only partially paid by insurance.

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Why do Americans continue to go to countries on the Do-Not-Travel list? [View all] UniqueUserName Aug 2024 OP

Stupidity RandySF Aug 2024 #1

Winner, Stupidity bottomofthehill Aug 2024 #26

Necessity BlueInPhilly Aug 2024 #2

Yours has been the kindest response so far UniqueUserName Aug 2024 #7

Family necessity is actual necessity Hekate Aug 2024 #12

Yeah, the stats aren't good on "who" is traveling... LeftInTX Aug 2024 #15

I agree with you. . . UniqueUserName Aug 2024 #21

I wish they would stop traveling to Russia. Emile Aug 2024 #3

Yep DeepWinter Aug 2024 #4

Extremely idealistic people who take extreme risks tend to die young. yardwork Aug 2024 #10

I assume it is money. nt doc03 Aug 2024 #5

Hubris NewHendoLib Aug 2024 #6

Before the pandemic cruises were offering stops in St Petersburg Russia kimbutgar Aug 2024 #8

Dumb and dumber. republianmushroom Aug 2024 #9

Three year old Lina Sardar Khil was almost killed in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #11

Innocence. Star women basketball players are paid very little in the US, and can earn more in the... Hekate Aug 2024 #13

Hmmm...average WNBA salary is $102,000.00 US per year... Fix The Stupid Aug 2024 #17

As opposed to an 'adult' game? Torchlight Aug 2024 #18

Compared to the men, women in pro sports are paid pocket change. Hekate Aug 2024 #19

How long can you play professional basketball before your body wears out or something breaks? hunter Aug 2024 #23

Ask LeBron James, who is almost 40... kerry-is-my-prez Aug 2024 #27

Family Johnny2X2X Aug 2024 #14

When you are wrapped in a cloak of innocence, you don't imagine being framed by a gigantic government... Hekate Aug 2024 #16

Until as recently as 2022, Torchlight Aug 2024 #20

I have been to many countries which were on the "Do Not Travel" list at the time. former9thward Aug 2024 #22

Because those countries are there Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #24

My wife's uncle was teaching in China when the Japanese invaded at the beginnings of WWII. hunter Aug 2024 #25