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<blockquote data-quote="cpf2001" data-source="post: 1072721" data-attributes="member: 6459">At the highest levels kids have been competing hard for a chance to shine and make it to the next level for decades. And the ones without next level hopes know this is basically their last shot to play for a big crowd.Let’s be realistic. Nobody should’ve expected paying above the table to magically change their level of play. Especially when pro athletes have never been immune to letdowns. If anything, bigger contracts have always been associated with bigger chance of disappointment - who on earth can realistically claim “I thought paying more would guarantee more” and not be laughed out of the building?What happened to good ol fashioned peer pressure and shaming? Deliberate anti-social choices seem like the perfect thing to employ those against. If everyone says “it goes with the territory” then kids are gonna grow up to think it’s much more acceptable than they would if everyone condemned anyone doing it. It’s currently something our society indulges, but does it have to be?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cpf2001, post: 1072721, member: 6459"] At the highest levels kids have been competing hard for a chance to shine and make it to the next level for decades. And the ones without next level hopes know this is basically their last shot to play for a big crowd. Let’s be realistic. Nobody should’ve expected paying above the table to magically change their level of play. Especially when pro athletes have never been immune to letdowns. If anything, bigger contracts have always been associated with bigger chance of disappointment - who on earth can realistically claim “I thought paying more would guarantee more” and not be laughed out of the building? What happened to good ol fashioned peer pressure and shaming? Deliberate anti-social choices seem like the perfect thing to employ those against. If everyone says “it goes with the territory” then kids are gonna grow up to think it’s much more acceptable than they would if everyone condemned anyone doing it. It’s currently something our society indulges, but does it have to be? [/QUOTE]

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