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To: TigerClaws
If you could be truly great in one sport? Golf. You can play it your entire life. You’re famous to those few that follow the sport, but not getting mobbed constantly as it is a niche game. That niche is a very wealthy demographic so great for advertising money. You aren’t risking brain injury or your life. You don’t age out at 35. No other sport checks all the boxes.

Golf and tennis are the games for life.

I am a terrible golfer, but I still really enjoy playing and yes, even watching, especially the major tournaments.

121 posted on 12/19/2022 5:40:16 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Rummyfan

Tell that to Jimmy Connors. The knees go by 40 and, yes, you can still play but not like golf. Too much wear and tear.

Tennis is a good pick though because most people wouldn’t know 7 or 8 of the top 10 players in the world if they walked in the room. It has a wealthy niche audience and excellent endorsement cash flow. Who watches Wimbledon? 3% of the population? 1%? But they can run Mercedes ads etc and still do well because of the demographics.

Worst is football. 3 year careers. More than half are bankrupt within 10 years. Lifetime of brain damage and limping. If you look at the teams, 95% of active defensive players are now black. No cries for diversity?

As I said, of all the sports golf is the most lucrative, safest, less likely to be hassled, and can play forever.


123 posted on 12/19/2022 5:48:01 AM PST by TigerClaws
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