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Freak of Nature
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Which sport are professionals the further most separated in abilities from the average joe? (your opinion)
golf
mma
boxing
football
baseball
basketball
soccer
track and field runners
track and field thrower
marathon runners
shooting
darts
pool
etc
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The Flippin’ Idiot That Could Care Less
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Math competition
Memory competition
Card counting
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The Flippin’ Idiot That Could Care Less
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The Flippin’ Idiot That Could Care Less
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6 point
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Would probably choose golf. I am a pretty good player and know and play with some really good players. However, the gap between there and the players on tour is astronomical.
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Old Mossy Horns
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That's a tough one...going with boxing cuz most don't box
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Ben Franklin
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14 point
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Fishing. It’s amazing how those guys can consistently put big fish in the boat on almost any lake.
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GUVNER
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GUVNER
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"Never Trust Government" -- Smart people.
"The Great thing we should Fear and the Weird Thing we Trust is Elon Musk" -- Me
"You can be broke but you cant be poor." -- Ruthie-May Webster
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Pope of Aldeer and Expert
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Pope of Aldeer and Expert
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Support our country. Kill chickens.
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10 point
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All of them if not everyone would be a pro. you have a lot who think they have it but they don't or they would be
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14 point
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I would think that most professional athletes would beat average people at their sport 99% of the time. There is always that "any given Sunday" rule where someone can be beat but not consistently.
In your darkest hour when the demons come, call on me brother and we'll fight them together.
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Booner
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All of them if not everyone would be a pro. you have a lot who think they have it but they don't or they would be
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10 point
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All of em. The level of training and god giving ability most of the pros have the rest of us can't compare.
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
"I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the whole people, except a few public officers." George Mason
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10 point
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A sprinter in track. You are either born with super fast twitched muscle fibers or not. Trying to hit a 90 plus mph baseball is pretty difficult for the average joe.
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12 point
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hotdog eating - see Joey Chestnut ----
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill
The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau
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spike
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spike
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I would say extreme sports where you life depends on it . surfing giant waves . Free solo climbing . Base jumping
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Booner
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Basketball. You have to have such extreme endurance and a skill set that is good at practically everything to
do with athleticism. The journey from the local courts to the pro leagues are such astronomical odds that
everything has to fall into place for one to make it.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
-G. K. Chesterton
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Booner
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Booner
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"The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1
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a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
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a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
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Having been a golf addict at one time, I would have to say as far as mainstream sports, it would have to be golf. The chasm between really good scratch golfers, and guys who regularly win on the tour is a very large gap.
Regarding other sports, I would say that there are several extreme sports such as Free Climbing, where the few folks who are very good at it, as so far advanced of other people that the gap is insurmountable. The very idea of climbing a 1000 foot shear rock cliff with nothing but a bag of chalk and huge pair of balls is inconceivable to me, yet there a people who do it.
Last edited by Irishguy; 01/09/22 08:20 AM.
"When I say ever thing I mean ever thing." - Frankie
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6 point
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All of them 😂……but seriously …..I remember watching pros vs joes when it used to come on…..they had some bigger names on there and some decent athletes competing against the pros….i remember Vick being on there doing some football stuff etc….some guys could half way hold their own in areas….but the most lopsided area and sport i remember was trying to get a rebound on Dennis Rodman 😂……it literally was childs play……he was trying like maybe 20 percent and they couldn’t move him the least bit….the size and agility of someone like that was nearly impossible to overcome and he wasn’t trying in the least bit
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They Call Me Gator 🐊
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They Call Me Gator 🐊
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Seriously all of them. The gap between pros and joes is so big it’s not even really fair to compare the two.
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