Originally Posted by
Bluedog
Yes, can you imagine what the media would do to LeBron if he pulled out of Game 7 of an NBA finals because the stress was too much?
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I don't think you meant it the way it came across to me, but -- among many other things -- LeBron is paid $39 M a year to play for his team; Biles is an amateur and is under no contract or any other compulsion to participate. Moreover, she has done a huge amount for gymnastics and the USA in the past eight years.
FWIW, I honestly think the absence of crowds is really hard on world champion athletes who are used to them.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013