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re: Has Anyone In The Sports Media Ever Heard Of Bart Starr?
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:29 pm to TheWalrus
Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:29 pm to TheWalrus
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In any objectively measured event (track and field/swimming, etc.), the times of today absolutely dwarf those from 50 years ago. How people can still compare athletes from those eras today is nonsensical.
The best athletes of an era would have been among the best athletes of any era. The difference between athletes today and athletes 100 years ago is due to improved medicine, nutrition and training, not evolution. Therefore if Jesse Owens, Jim Thorpe, Mickey Mantle, Jim Brown or Roger Staubach were 25 years old today, they would all be bigger, stronger and faster versions of their original selves..
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Posted on 2/2/15 at 10:45 pm to trackfan
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The best athletes of an era would have been among the best athletes of any era. The difference between athletes today and athletes 100 years ago is due to improved medicine, nutrition and training, not evolution. Therefore if Jesse Owens, Jim Thorpe, Mickey Mantle, Jim Brown or Roger Staubach were 25 years old today, they would all be bigger, stronger and faster versions of their original selves..
Very intriguing statement. If only there was a way to project what those special athletes you mentioned would have become with said advances of today. Cool point!
This post was edited on 2/2/15 at 10:48 pm
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