Why do some return and some do not?

It's been cool for me over the last few years seeing and competing against a number of guys from both my age group and collegiate days. However, when I think back to my college team, in particular, I'm struck by how many guys are NOT back swimming and competing in Masters. I realize this is probably the wrong audience to ask (since we're back in the pool), but, since for me swimming & competing go hand in hand and I love swimming, I'm still puzzled why more people don't come back to the sport and to racing?
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  • I believe he's one very, very fast Breaststroker with the initials JL who went to Tennessee in the 90s. Nice racing yesterday, btw, especially the 400. You got it! Jeremy Linn is my coach. I am blessed to have such a wonderful coach, too. He is the coach of Curl Burke. I think another misconception of non-competitive swimmers is that when they hear the word "masters" they think we are experts. I tell people "masters doesn't mean we're fasters, it just means we're older." I wonder how many former swimmers and lap swimmers don't join masters over the fear of that one M-word.
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  • I believe he's one very, very fast Breaststroker with the initials JL who went to Tennessee in the 90s. Nice racing yesterday, btw, especially the 400. You got it! Jeremy Linn is my coach. I am blessed to have such a wonderful coach, too. He is the coach of Curl Burke. I think another misconception of non-competitive swimmers is that when they hear the word "masters" they think we are experts. I tell people "masters doesn't mean we're fasters, it just means we're older." I wonder how many former swimmers and lap swimmers don't join masters over the fear of that one M-word.
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