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May 16, 2017 12:10 PM
If you could become a Superstar right now, in what Sport would you pick? reason why?
May 16, 2017 12:10pm
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May 16, 2017 12:12 PM
Baseball. Fully guaranteed contract.
May 16, 2017 12:12pm
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May 16, 2017 12:15 PM
Golf, easiest sport on the body.
May 16, 2017 12:15pm
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May 16, 2017 12:18 PM
Baseball. I love it the most.
May 16, 2017 12:18pm
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May 16, 2017 12:26 PM
Baseball, for sure.
May 16, 2017 12:26pm
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May 16, 2017 12:30 PM
I love the idea of a hard contact sport like football, hockey and basketball but Tennis has that one on one contest speed, strength, power and strategy without that career ending and long term body injuries after retiring. I played Tennis for years at a locally high level. I can’t make money pistol shooting…

I’m going with Tennis
May 16, 2017 12:30pm
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May 16, 2017 12:32 PM
Baseball, both for the fully guaranteed contract and the simple fact that superstars get these obscene 10 yr, 300 million style contracts even if they're at an age you can only really count on getting 2-3 years of top-quality production from them. Worst case scenario: I turn into the next Ryan Howard, making crazy bank to bat .190.
May 16, 2017 12:32pm
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May 16, 2017 12:40 PM
Curling.

I'm real good with a broom.
May 16, 2017 12:40pm
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Wolves of Babylon

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May 16, 2017 12:41 PM
Baseball or Basketball are the best answers. I feel with basketball there is more opportunity with endorsements so I would go with that

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May 16, 2017 12:41pm
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May 16, 2017 12:41 PM
I will continue the theme and say Baseball... it was the first sport I started playing and grew up loving. Plus the guaranteed contracts and really its not that physically taxing on the body.

I would have said track/marathon running but the money isn't really up there and the only superstars (If you even want to call them that) are sprinters.
May 16, 2017 12:41pm
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May 16, 2017 12:41 PM
I'm assuming if I was a "superstar" that means I'm already among the most talented in the sport. Basketball and golf are the two sports I enjoy playing the most, so I'd pick one of those. Baseball would be third.
May 16, 2017 12:41pm
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Con_Alma

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May 16, 2017 12:42 PM
PGA/Golf
May 16, 2017 12:42pm
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May 16, 2017 12:42 PM
BRF;1853303 wrote:Curling.

I'm real good with a broom.
I would have thought that would be your wife.
May 16, 2017 12:42pm
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May 16, 2017 1:10 PM
Team handball.
May 16, 2017 1:10pm
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May 16, 2017 1:34 PM
Iliketurtles;1853310 wrote:I would have thought that would be your wife.
Hey, that's sexist! Ha ha!
May 16, 2017 1:34pm
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May 16, 2017 1:56 PM
like_that;1853284 wrote:Golf, easiest sport on the body.
This
May 16, 2017 1:56pm
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May 16, 2017 2:21 PM
This is so easy. It is Golf first. Baseball second. Nothing would come close enough in third. Longevity and injury.

Bernhard Langer, 59, ranked in $3M in earnings last year, $36M over his career. Will be in Augusta every April until he dies.

David Ortiz, 41, made $41 last year, $160M over his career. Is sitting by a beach right now with slight aches and pains.
May 16, 2017 2:21pm
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May 16, 2017 2:29 PM
Sonofanump;1853342 wrote:This is so easy. It is Golf first. Baseball second. Nothing would come close enough in third. Longevity and injury.

Bernhard Langer, 59, ranked in $3M in earnings last year, $36M over his career. Will be in Augusta every April until he dies.

David Ortiz, 41, made $41 last year, $160M over his career. Is sitting by a beach right now with slight aches and pains.
Lebron James, 32ish, >$1 billion at career end with endorsements, minimal injuries and a lifetime of doing whatever he wants when he wants.
May 16, 2017 2:29pm
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May 16, 2017 3:55 PM
GOONx19;1853351 wrote:minimal injuries
Fortunate for him. At some point some amount of wealth becomes a diminishing return and risk of health becomes more important.
May 16, 2017 3:55pm
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May 16, 2017 4:07 PM
Golf no question for me. Get to pick your schedule and play beautiful courses around the world for free.
May 16, 2017 4:07pm
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May 16, 2017 5:27 PM
Top level Euro league soccer.
May 16, 2017 5:27pm
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May 16, 2017 5:30 PM
Automatik;1853402 wrote:Top level Euro league soccer.
This would be my second choice.
May 16, 2017 5:30pm
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May 16, 2017 10:32 PM
Terry_Tate;1853392 wrote:Golf no question for me. Get to pick your schedule and play beautiful courses around the world for free.
Injury and cash flow stops though

I guess superstar assumes top 5 so no money issues
May 16, 2017 10:32pm
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May 16, 2017 10:52 PM
Baseball for me, game I most like to play, and watch. Strategy decisions before the pitch and decision making after bat contact are most interesting to me. Game time to practice time ratio has to be higher than any other sport, so more time competing.
May 16, 2017 10:52pm
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May 17, 2017 9:00 AM
Automatik;1853402 wrote:Top level Euro league soccer.
I thought about this as well. Assuming you are at a top club, and playing for your national team, those guys have pretty brutal schedules.

Baseball for me due to the reasons already stated.
May 17, 2017 9:00am