Comment by kergonath
2 days ago
> one in 10 thinks his or her child could reach the professional ranks or the Olympics
That is properly insane. The delusion…
2 days ago
> one in 10 thinks his or her child could reach the professional ranks or the Olympics
That is properly insane. The delusion…
Agreed. For anyone thinking the above comment might be mean spirited, here's why it's not:
* In 2017, there were ~1,108,400 US high school football players.
* In 2017, there were ~67,800 US college football players.
* In 2017, 255 players were drafted into the NFL.
So from high school to playing in the NFL, odds of 0.023%, or about 1:4346.
Even then, the average tenure of a professional NFL player is 39 months.
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Football is one of the easier sports to go pro in as well.