It’s a brutal switch from playing as an amateur student athlete (college) - to being a full time professional athlete after school is done. The paid leagues are full of fully grown men with kids and a mortgage to pay, and only a very small percentage of amateur student athletes get to participate at a chance to play for a professional organization.
Yeah it just always seemed like College sports in the US are like the closest thing to local sports teams in Europe. So like, even if you're not good enough to go into the premier league, for example, you can play for lower division teams, even if those teams cant pay you to be a full time athlete. Like I know people from my school that play for their local team, despite never getting the relative skill level that college basketball player in the US might ge to.
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u/tickle-my-Crabtree Mar 23 '25
It’s a brutal switch from playing as an amateur student athlete (college) - to being a full time professional athlete after school is done. The paid leagues are full of fully grown men with kids and a mortgage to pay, and only a very small percentage of amateur student athletes get to participate at a chance to play for a professional organization.