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In reply to the discussion: "The market" seems to demand women have asses like prepubescent boys [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)206. According to the NFL Players Association NFL players die early
Quite a lot of what elite athletes do is not really all that healthy in the long run.
http://strengthplanet.com/other/15-surprising-facts-about-world-class-athletes.htm
9. What is the life expectancy of world class athletes?
Not so good. The average elite athlete will die by the age of 67. That is considerably lower then the 76 year life expectancy of the average American. Do you want to hear something that is really scary? According to the NFL Players Association, the average life expectancy of an NFL player is 58 years of age.
Not so good. The average elite athlete will die by the age of 67. That is considerably lower then the 76 year life expectancy of the average American. Do you want to hear something that is really scary? According to the NFL Players Association, the average life expectancy of an NFL player is 58 years of age.
I thought this from the same piece is interesting too, these elite athletes are definitely freaks of nature.
1. What are the chances of becoming a world class athlete?
Actually, not very good. Less then one percent of all athletes who participate in competitive sports ever reaches an elite level. As an example, consider the odds of making it in professional basketball. Each year approximately 250,000 high school seniors participate in inter-scholastic basketball. Of these seniors, approximately 12,000 will receive college scholarships. Out of that 12,000 around 200 players will be drafted by the N.B.A.; but only about 50 will actually be offered a contract. Of these fifty, only five will eventually earn a starting position. Of these five, only two will stay in the N.B.A. for more then five years. Unfortunately the odds of making it big in any other sport are not much better.
Actually, not very good. Less then one percent of all athletes who participate in competitive sports ever reaches an elite level. As an example, consider the odds of making it in professional basketball. Each year approximately 250,000 high school seniors participate in inter-scholastic basketball. Of these seniors, approximately 12,000 will receive college scholarships. Out of that 12,000 around 200 players will be drafted by the N.B.A.; but only about 50 will actually be offered a contract. Of these fifty, only five will eventually earn a starting position. Of these five, only two will stay in the N.B.A. for more then five years. Unfortunately the odds of making it big in any other sport are not much better.
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"The market" seems to demand women have asses like prepubescent boys [View all]
elehhhhna
Feb 2014
OP
Wow. But I think that's too much for some men to handle. They like their models wafer thin
Number23
Feb 2014
#195
My best advice...we women shouldn't HAVE shy away from SPORTS freaking ILLUSTRATED!
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#153
and they SHOULDN"T that is the point....those women are ANOMALIES! They are freaks of nature really.
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#198
My point is that unless you have just the right genetics you aren't going to do either
Fumesucker
Feb 2014
#226
My point is....they HAVE to do nothing else....they win the genetic lottery....they are pretty...
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#227
Oh, I thought they had to do all sorts of unhealthy and unpleasant things to look like that?
Fumesucker
Feb 2014
#230
NO they are not JUST that are they? They don't look in the mirror and know they are a world class
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#233
It should be primarily marketed to sports enthusiasts...which includes ALOT of women
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#162
I think occasionally that would be nice, but I'd rather see fully clothed female athletes in general
Hippo_Tron
Feb 2014
#64
who have been photoshopped beyond reality...who probably haven't lifted anything
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#57
Wow, that's a fascinating comparison. Like you I've never paid attention to SI before
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#47
So you go around looking at boy's asses and rating them? I am a male, I honestly don't
bluestate10
Feb 2014
#218
The SI cover sure replaced bus driver punching as the latest most important issue ever in a hurry.
arely staircase
Feb 2014
#17
personally I don't think the cornflake chicken controversy was ever really resolved
arely staircase
Feb 2014
#29
well to me they look like like athletic womens asses, if you think they look like young boys
loli phabay
Feb 2014
#18
then you must not have ever seen non photoshopped athletic near naked women before!
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#58
as i said, saw lots of women who look like that, do youbreally not understand that there are women
loli phabay
Feb 2014
#91
the POINT IS that this is not a fashion magazine...nor should it be a Men's Magazine...
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#118
yeah cause one has never dated athletes or played sports or even ogled athletes before
loli phabay
Feb 2014
#179
was this thesis based on methodical peer reviewed research or did this wise elder pull it out
arely staircase
Feb 2014
#39
Sounds plausible to me; it is all about titillation, and all advertising is based on desire and fear
Tom Ripley
Feb 2014
#67
They are thin...probably NOT naturally and they are photoshopped out of reality
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#60
Being as the Swarm has faiied to show up with a heaping helping of adulation and multiple recs ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2014
#70
The subjective was mistaken for the objective but that doesn't make it any less creepy.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2014
#123
I know multiple adult women who are athletes who have what can be called small asses
mythology
Feb 2014
#107
I understood that was the point, but it was body shaming in it's tone nonetheless.
Marr
Feb 2014
#147
I never said any of that. I said that saying a woman looks like a boy is body shaming.
Marr
Feb 2014
#236
It tells me that a lot of men think their tastes and preferences are wholly their own
LanternWaste
Feb 2014
#209
Except for the people that have different tastes and blow the shit out of that theory. nt
Bonobo
Feb 2014
#210
I don't know if that is true since I haven't seen any asses of prepubescent boys.
zappaman
Feb 2014
#241