I agree. I believe the ones who would do best in certain sports either "never get a chance" or have no interest in it for one reason or another. Im included in the latter due to my utter lack of enthusiasm for football. I am definately built for the line but prefer the Strongman a thousand times over. Anyone else like this? Do you BB though you were born to PL? Or the other way around?
Some of these guys at try outs were completely delusional. What do you think about peoples reasoning for trying out? Do you think they truly love the sport? Are they just thinking of the $$$ others have made? Or do they actually think they are "equipped" to compete for a top spot?
I think that most professional athletes have goog managers that "build" their careers. I will talk about my personal experience. I was a natural for soccer, I played in youth divisions from 13 to 18 years old. Everyone said that I could get a good future on it. One day a trial was proposed to me... a trial of one entire week training at the youth facilities of FC PORTO, major club in Portugal and very well respected club in Europe. I went there and fulfilled the trial with success, but... there's always a but... the coach had to choose between me and some guy that had a manager already, well choise is easy, that sloppy player got the chance and I didn't. At the age of 18 started to bbing, trained 7 years natural, put a lot of hardwork in it (now I juice once a year since 2003), but never got the chance to compete real deal, bacause i would have to pay it for myself ( preparation would be around 3000 Eur), but didn't have enough money to get my first show, so it was impossible to get any kind of sponsorship. Things just starterd to change when I met "some people" when I started to do some work at night clubs, I started doing PL and trainning some kick and judo with the guys I met... Well I already entered in 2 PL competitions, to get to know the rules and learn how to train properly... I would still like to do something, but only time can tell.
I don't really respect 85% of professional athletes, bacause they don't really effort, it's about the money and not about the conquest. Soccer and other multimillion sports are a joke. I really respect, strongmen athletes, MMA figthers, 2 or 3 bbers and not much more.