Open-Mic: Athletes and Retirement
See what I think for the Open-Mic Questions.
Who are some athletes who need to give it up who are still hanging on by a thread today? Brett Favre, is he want to go, but his team is bringing him back in, he should either find another team or retire.
What athletes have benefited from sticking around for another year?
Tom Brady, he is one of the best QB's in the NFL now and if he sticks around for another year, he could break Favre's record.
Do you look at players with more respect for leaving the game on top? Not really, cause if they have major respect playing the game, they wouldn't get more or won't stay with that amount.
When should an athlete retire? After he has done his NFL career was in the Top and it is out of that.
What criteria of accomplishments should lead to leaving a sport at the right time? One if the best in the NFL OR if he has broken a record.
Why do you think some athletes refuse to give up the game? They want to play more or it they don't want to feel like a quitter.
Is it their competitive nature? Yes.
Fear of taking the next step in life? Yes, they have to stop playing what they love to do.
Wanting to make as much money as possible? For some players kinda but more so for the game.
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29 days ago
Professional athletes and other public performers are definitely in a different job realm. They get untold amounts of money, publicly cheered, worshipped by fanatics, and is some cases have people hang on their every word on matters even outside their vocation- all because they do their job well. And if that weren't enough, the merits of their job performance induces total strangers to stand in line just for their autograph or photo; also, companies pay them millions to use their products and say so on television commercials and printed ads.
Jobs are far more easier to walk away from than one's esteem and worth.
I know that some athletes will hang on to reach a milestone; sometimes they reach it (Tom Glavine's 300th win) and sometimes they don't (Fred McGriff 7 HRs short of 500). Still others hang on because they cannot part ways with the spotlight. Those with a true passion for their game (Gwynn and Ripken) usually concede their retirement to maintain the professional level of integrity.
To me, athletes and performers who do the retirement and out-of-retirement flip-flop come across like an addict who is constantly going through the cycle of flushing his stuff down the toilet while saying, "never again" and thinking "I need a fix." A preacher I know once told me that one of the things that got him into preaching was that he got the same rush of accomplishment, cheering and accolades when he came off the stage after a delivering a good sermon as he did when he was a college football star. Being put on such a high pedestal can be a very powerful drug that medicates the seemingly dread of being ordinarily human- which is what retired athletes tend to become once they walk away from their arena of accomplishment.
28 days ago
OK, nice article but why is it in the New England Patriots page thing.
27 days ago
What???
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