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Basic_Ent t1_ja412oe wrote

You get to be anonymous in public. If you go pro in a popular sport and do well, people will recognize you everywhere you go. A lot of pro athletes grow bitter from having to wall themselves off. Bitter or angry, or prideful. We're just not built to be famous, it breaks us.

Peace at the end of your career without the general public being in your business will matter a lot to you later in life.

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matt2085 OP t1_ja41dxt wrote

There is next to zero chance to go pro in my sport. People only watch it in the Olympics

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