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This is an older video, but around the 7 minute mark they start talking about where Bubba came from. His mom worked at a gas station and Big James at a Coca Cola bottling plant.
How many sports can take people from near-poverty to multi-millionaire? When they show his background, it explains so much about this man's drive to win (win or die trying). It's truly an amazing story, when you think about it. Inspiring.
How many sports can take people from near-poverty to multi-millionaire? When they show his background, it explains so much about this man's drive to win (win or die trying). It's truly an amazing story, when you think about it. Inspiring.
The Shop
Football/Basketball/Baseball & others have school sponsored programs that you can participate in for free or next to it.
The biggest hurdle with these is having the right body size and the talent (I had neither) - but not extra money.
But no one (outside of family) is going to help you start racing motocross. You have to prove you're worth being sponsored before getting financial backing.
And how would someone near poverty, who can't afford the costs, go about doing that?
I would also venture to bet that anybody who is spending their weekend racing dirt bikes is not in poverty. They might be poor, but they’re not impoverished. Those people play futbol.
Pit Row
Soccer isn't cheap, maybe not moto money, but you aren't going to do it being impoverished without sponsors.
Then look at how many pro teams are out there, and they don't have 53 man rosters. There are 690 players currently.
Then look at the salaries. The average base is about $345k. Very few are millionaires.
"Do you think Shaq got rich playing in Orlando ?"
"No, he got rich playing in college. Everybody knows that."
You can't really compare U.S. soccer to "international", and you'll notice that there aren't a lot of Americans playing in The Premier League, Bundesliga, etc.
What you will find is that the millionaires you spoke about played a shit ton of Academy soccer, and likely on more than one Jr. team at a time. Expensive.
After 50 years being involved in the sport one way or another, I have learned a little about it.
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