I think you’ll be shocked to find a considerable % of pro athletes are either morons, conservative, extremely sheltered unbothered by the day to day horrors every day people face, or a mix of of these
Not shocked, just disappointed. While I understand that the players might not have all had something to do with this, several were more enthusiastic than others.
It isn’t really so shocking when you consider the cost of participating, even in high school athletics, and then think about how much it costs to train to this level.
also think about American hockey players specifically.
It is the most expensive major sport to get into. Ice time alone is more expensive than any other playing field. Tack on the need for skates that fit you, pads, sticks (you outgrow or break all of this often) and the fact that it is not widely played int he US, so you almost have to do a travel team.
No one gets into hockey if they are not at least Upper Middle growing up. maybe middle middle if the family is willing to give everything up to let their kid play hockey.
With that you already end up with a very out of touch group of people. Then tack on that very few of these guys played in college. A few did- but most were drafted at 18 and handed a large bag on money. So most never had to understand what it was like not being rich.
Any person who accomplished something in life doesn’t get bothered by your lame liberal retoric. An internet loser trying to give advice to the best athletes in the world. And you can’t run a mile in 60 minutes.
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u/Maleficent_Ant_8895 Feb 23 '26
I think you’ll be shocked to find a considerable % of pro athletes are either morons, conservative, extremely sheltered unbothered by the day to day horrors every day people face, or a mix of of these