Comments on: Athletes have become stunningly dissimilar https://www.isegoria.net/2021/06/athletes-have-become-stunningly-dissimilar/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Larugula https://www.isegoria.net/2021/06/athletes-have-become-stunningly-dissimilar/comment-page-1/#comment-3382435 Larugula Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:14:17 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47827#comment-3382435 Altitude Zero,

Sumo wrestling might be a counter example. Divergent body type in the athletes, but a popular spectator sport that’s been around for a couple thousand years.

]]> By: Senexada https://www.isegoria.net/2021/06/athletes-have-become-stunningly-dissimilar/comment-page-1/#comment-3381653 Senexada Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:03:52 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47827#comment-3381653 Excellent quantitative summary.

Speaking of specialization in sports, there is a great article about the world record hammer throw, which has stood for 35 years. In the early 1900s, prior to specialization, the Olympic hammer medals were dominated by Irish NYC policemen like John Flanagan, Matt McGrath, and Patrick Ryan.

]]> By: Altitude Zero https://www.isegoria.net/2021/06/athletes-have-become-stunningly-dissimilar/comment-page-1/#comment-3381640 Altitude Zero Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:15:56 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47827#comment-3381640 I wonder if the rapid divergence of pro athletes body type from the rest of the population will hurt the overall popularity of sports? I can’t help but wonder if this isn’t already starting to hurt the NBA, and possibly the NFL as well. Of course, it’s hard to separate the decline in popularity of these sports from the insane politics that they have espoused, but the divergence in body type can’t be helping, especially since the vicarious “that could be me out there!” experience is so important to so many sports fans.

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