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Athletes are in general pretty dumb because they have been pushed through college and H.S. and dont have a real education.
More often than not, my experience has been that athletes are pretty much like anyone else intelligence-wise: it varies greatly from person to person, but the vast majority are neither geniuses nor stupid. And on average, I'd say they certainly edge you out (based on how well thought out your typical post is), so be careful who you're calling dumb
Athletes aren't stupid, in my experience. Some are, but, like with anything else, it varies pretty widely. Now, most of them lack proper money management skills, but that's not really a factor of intelligence. The last conversation that I had with an NFL-caliber prospect (Miami was recruiting him at the time, and he's the cousin of a pro bowl NFL QB and brother of an NFL RB), he was recounting his high school curriculum to me. Apparently weightlifting is two separate classes if you're a D1 high school prospect in a football factory state. Does that mean that this kid was stupid? Nope- he was actually pretty articulate, and a surprisingly quick study. Not an unintelligent guy at all. He probably lacked a couple of the learned skills that we take for granted, but the level of stupidity that I see on this forum every day surpasses anything that I saw from him. And from talking it over with acquaintances and industry contacts who have far more experience with athletes than I do, it sounds like that's actually the norm.
I kinda wish someone would conduct a huge sociological experiment where a bunch of unremarkable people were just randomly selected and were handed a bunch of money and celebrity and the expectations that it entails. I'm willing to bet that the flameout/bankruptcy rate would be remarkably high no matter what demographic you were pulling people from. Fame and fortune have interesting effects on people, to say the least.
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