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an interesting factor i had never really considered. Messi turns 29 Friday. it seems like Messi has been in the spotlight for ten years now.
in American sports system pro athletes really don't enter the market until their early 20s. in very recent years we have seen an increase in "one and done" college players who enter pro leagues at 19 or 20 but generally across American history has been a few years older. this means many athletes don't focus on their "pro" sport until late teens
Lebron James played football in high school! russell wilson is a very successful NFL quarterback who actually played more baseball in high school than football. Kobe Bryant actually grew up playing "soccer" as did two time MVP Steve Nash! so perhaps that puts American athletes at a particular disadvantage considering in world futbol in particular athletes are already essentially professional at 17!
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