Hi Everyone,
I'm writing an article about swimmers and career success, and I'm wondering what you all have to say on the topic.
Do you think swimmers achieve greater career success than other types of athletes?
If so, why?
I'm going to run a poll, but I also welcome responses here in this forum or privately.
Thanks in advance for your responses,
Bill
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Tere are two studies that I've read. One was written int he 1980's comparing NCAA atheletes who graduated. I htink htat the conclusion was that football players who did actually graduate were more likely to have high incomes. Swimmers, baseball players and softball players were most ikely to go o graduate school. Tennis players,who graduated, though, were the all time acheivers in both income and prestige of their careers. They were, in the article, the most likely to become lawyers and doctors. You must remember this was in the early 1980's when lawyers weren't so disliked
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Tere are two studies that I've read. One was written int he 1980's comparing NCAA atheletes who graduated. I htink htat the conclusion was that football players who did actually graduate were more likely to have high incomes. Swimmers, baseball players and softball players were most ikely to go o graduate school. Tennis players,who graduated, though, were the all time acheivers in both income and prestige of their careers. They were, in the article, the most likely to become lawyers and doctors. You must remember this was in the early 1980's when lawyers weren't so disliked
