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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 13:47:51 GMT
Let's say for arguments sake, you have a newborn son (or daughter I suppose. Well let's be sexist and say son), what would be the easiest sport for him to be able to make a decent living from (doesn't necessarily have to be a major top earner).
Remember though, it is your son, stuck with half of your genes, so you can't invite Usain Bolt round for dinner so that he can get jiggy with your wife.
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Post by weststigersbob on Nov 16, 2017 14:43:07 GMT
Golf. Maybe a DH in Baseball. Possibly Poker. Anything that involves either speed or endurance running - no chance. And swimming ? Hahahaha
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 16, 2017 14:46:37 GMT
ping-pong.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 16, 2017 14:52:03 GMT
Golf. Maybe a DH in Baseball. Possibly Poker. Anything that involves either speed or endurance running - no chance. And swimming ? Hahahaha If you're going to go the baseball route, teach them to pitch left-handed. A quality LOOGY can have a 20+ year career in the big leagues making good money.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 14:57:53 GMT
Darts.
Good money in that shit and all the lager you can eat.
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Post by knowlto on Nov 16, 2017 15:02:22 GMT
Bowling. Doesn't require much athleticism and it's just the same thing, over and over again.
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Post by Father Jack on Nov 16, 2017 15:21:00 GMT
Professional cycling.
Find the right chemist and you're away👍
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 15:53:58 GMT
I was thinking snooker, darts & boxing.
If you stay dedicated at these from a really young age, put the work in and pay your dues with loads and loads of practice drills every day, I think you've got an exceptionally great shot at turning pro if you wanted to. Especially snooker where the majority of recreational players never bother doing practice drills, they just get down and play which doesn't improve you that much. And boxing you don't even have to be particularly talented, you can just be one of those journeymen who turn up and get beaten senseless most fights.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 16:06:36 GMT
Okay, I'm also gonna put this one out there, if no one else is gonna say it:
American Football and Rugby. Except maybe the Quarterback position where you probably do need to be exceptionally talented, I think most the rest of the positions look quite easy to me (if you have the physique). A trained Gorilla could do it.
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Post by No_Socks_Here on Nov 16, 2017 19:46:50 GMT
Pool & Billiards
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 20:01:08 GMT
soccer. let's just run around in circles for 3 hours on a field as big as New Jersey. it's why all the American parents over here get their toddlers involved in it - you don't need any skill - just run around and chase a ball and act interested
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 16, 2017 20:03:11 GMT
I'll go ahead and say he has a good shot at whatever he wants to do. Though I'm 6' and while that isn't too shabby, it's midget territory by NBA standards so that could be a tougher road than other sports.
As far as American football, you need talent to excel at any position. Some more than others and some more easily measured in statistics or highlights than others. If literally anyone could do it simply by having the right physique, there'd be more teams and more competent players.
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Post by marco26 on Nov 16, 2017 20:22:45 GMT
It is obviously boxing.
- there is no league that must want you, you do not have to be drafted, you do not have to perform at a high level in order to be a part of that sport professionally. You just have to sign up (get a license.) - you can earn a small living without even being very good. You often see guys with a 3-12 record fight - skin color plays a part. If you are white you will make a better living even if you are a rather poor fighter. TV likes white fighters. ESPN, HBO, Showtime will jump all over a white fighter of minimal talent.
If you have a white son who is a decent enough athlete, boxing is the sport to steer him to. Opportunity awaits. Baseball, football, hockey, basketball we all agree that you have to be EXTREMELY talented to get to a professional level. Boxing, all you have to do is stand there and take a beating if you want...and you get paid.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 20:29:06 GMT
It is obviously boxing. - there is no league that must want you, you do not have to be drafted, you do not have to perform at a high level in order to be a part of that sport professionally. You just have to sign up (get a license.) - you can earn a small living without even being very good. You often see guys with a 3-12 record fight - skin color plays a part. If you are white you will make a better living even if you are a rather poor fighter. TV likes white fighters. ESPN, HBO, Showtime will jump all over a white fighter of minimal talent. If you have a white son who is a decent enough athlete, boxing is the sport to steer him to. Opportunity awaits. Baseball, football, hockey, basketball we all agree that you have to be EXTREMELY talented to get to a professional level. Boxing, all you have to do is stand there and take a beating if you want...and you get paid. randall 'tex' cobb: gerry 'the great white hope' cooney both had bouts with the legendary 'Eastern Assassin' Larry Holmes ........
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Post by wonderburstanger on Nov 16, 2017 20:58:36 GMT
Texas Hold 'em
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 21:29:20 GMT
It is obviously boxing. - there is no league that must want you, you do not have to be drafted, you do not have to perform at a high level in order to be a part of that sport professionally. You just have to sign up (get a license.) - you can earn a small living without even being very good. You often see guys with a 3-12 record fight - skin color plays a part. If you are white you will make a better living even if you are a rather poor fighter. TV likes white fighters. ESPN, HBO, Showtime will jump all over a white fighter of minimal talent. If you have a white son who is a decent enough athlete, boxing is the sport to steer him to. Opportunity awaits. Baseball, football, hockey, basketball we all agree that you have to be EXTREMELY talented to get to a professional level. Boxing, all you have to do is stand there and take a beating if you want...and you get paid. I was nodding my head with you, until you got to the skin colour part. In Britain at least, we have been producing a lot of world champions the past 10 years, but the one thing that might surprise British sport fans, is the majority of them have been white. I'd guess about 30-40 white British world champions in the past 10 years. Yet a lot of them are virtually anonymous to the British public. In the same time I can only think of only 7 (I think) non-white British world champions (4 mixed race guys, one Asian, two black). Yet all the ethnic minority boxers are either extremely well known, or reasonably well known to the public. So boxing might be one of the few spheres where white guys *might* be getting a raw deal. At least in Britain. That said though there might be some extenuating circumstances why the non-white guys are well known to the public that have nothing to do with their skin colour, so this is by no means scientific. Another interesting thing with boxing, is these ethnic and white numbers are fairly well representative of the overall population (or not a million miles off anyway), where as in the past boxing was associated with poverty. So either boxing is becoming more middle-class in Britain, or it is perhaps an indication that Britain is becoming a more equal society? Or perhaps another reason is behind this? I'm shooting off the hip here, it's the first time I've thought about it, so this should by no means be taken as a scientific analysis of either boxing or society.
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Post by marco26 on Nov 16, 2017 21:48:37 GMT
A) I was nodding my head with you, until you got to the skin colour part. B) Another interesting thing with boxing, is these ethnic and white numbers are fairly well representative of the overall population (or not a million miles off anyway), where as in the past boxing was associated with poverty. A) No, white skin color is an advantage in boxing as far as getting one's foot in the door goes. I have seen time after time HBO put a white guy on a prime time TV card and be touted as an up-and-comer. Watch the fight and it is clear that white guy should not have been gifted such a high profile appearance. He got it because of skin color. Is HBO racist? No. But the business end kicks in - a white contender/champion is better for business. That's not just boxing and it's not just advantageous for the white person. In golf...you don't think the networks/advertisers loved the fact that Tiger was black? Tennis...Serena and Venus were the best thing to happen to tennis. Hockey promotes the heck out of Subban, a black player. And basketball it is the opposite, the league craves a white superstar. A boxer who is white has an easier and quicker road to better payday fights. B) Nah, boxing still reflects those who are of the lowest economic level of our society. It has been that way forever, still is. Irish, Jews, Italians, Blacks, Hispanics, Arab...been that order since the late 1800s and that order really is a reflection of those who occupy our lowest level/most recent immigrant wave in our society. Can't speak for Britain, but that's it here.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 21:55:07 GMT
kelly pavlik heart wrenching. alcohol got the best of him.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 22:48:12 GMT
A) I was nodding my head with you, until you got to the skin colour part. B) Another interesting thing with boxing, is these ethnic and white numbers are fairly well representative of the overall population (or not a million miles off anyway), where as in the past boxing was associated with poverty. A) No, white skin color is an advantage in boxing as far as getting one's foot in the door goes. I have seen time after time HBO put a white guy on a prime time TV card and be touted as an up-and-comer. Watch the fight and it is clear that white guy should not have been gifted such a high profile appearance. He got it because of skin color. Is HBO racist? No. But the business end kicks in - a white contender/champion is better for business. That's not just boxing and it's not just advantageous for the white person. In golf...you don't think the networks/advertisers loved the fact that Tiger was black? Tennis...Serena and Venus were the best thing to happen to tennis. Hockey promotes the heck out of Subban, a black player. And basketball it is the opposite, the league craves a white superstar. A boxer who is white has an easier and quicker road to better payday fights. B) Nah, boxing still reflects those who are of the lowest economic level of our society. It has been that way forever, still is. Irish, Jews, Italians, Blacks, Hispanics, Arab...been that order since the late 1800s and that order really is a reflection of those who occupy our lowest level/most recent immigrant wave in our society. Can't speak for Britain, but that's it here. I think the make-up of boxing is a bit different in Britain. Up till the millennium, we'd take any British World Champion we could get, black, white, purple, we weren't fussy. So we certainly wouldn't have given any nicknames like "the great white hope". If anything, it would be more likely to be "the great British hope". Now we've got World Champs coming out our ears, and a lot of them haven't been getting much publicity. Guys like: Carl Frampton, Liam Smith, Lee Haskins, Jamie McDonnell, Darren Barker, Ryan Burnett, Stuart Hall, Clinton Woods, Terry Flanagan. Scott Quigg That's 10 World Champions just off the top of my head in recent years, all British, all white, all unknown to the wider public. I bet even some boxing fans wont know who some of those guys are!
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A) No, white skin color is an advantage in boxing as far as getting one's foot in the door goes. I have seen time after time HBO put a white guy on a prime time TV card and be touted as an up-and-comer. Watch the fight and it is clear that white guy should not have been gifted such a high profile appearance. He got it because of skin color. Is HBO racist? No. But the business end kicks in - a white contender/champion is better for business. That's not just boxing and it's not just advantageous for the white person. In golf...you don't think the networks/advertisers loved the fact that Tiger was black? Tennis...Serena and Venus were the best thing to happen to tennis. Hockey promotes the heck out of Subban, a black player. And basketball it is the opposite, the league craves a white superstar. A boxer who is white has an easier and quicker road to better payday fights. B) Nah, boxing still reflects those who are of the lowest economic level of our society. It has been that way forever, still is. Irish, Jews, Italians, Blacks, Hispanics, Arab...been that order since the late 1800s and that order really is a reflection of those who occupy our lowest level/most recent immigrant wave in our society. Can't speak for Britain, but that's it here. I think the make-up of boxing is a bit different in Britain. Up till the millennium, we'd take any British World Champion we could get, black, white, purple, we weren't fussy. So we certainly wouldn't have given any nicknames like "the great white hope". If anything, it would be more likely to be "the great British hope". Now we've got World Champs coming out our ears, and a lot of them haven't been getting much publicity. Guys like: Carl Frampton, Liam Smith, Lee Haskins, Jamie McDonnell, Darren Barker, Ryan Burnett, Stuart Hall, Clinton Woods, Terry Flanagan. Scott Quigg That's 10 World Champions just off the top of my head in recent years, all British, all white, all unknown to the wider public. I bet even some boxing fans wont know who some of those guys are! loved this guy:
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