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[BBC] Erik ten Hag: The football schedule has "crossed the limits of what players can handle" (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] Opening_Outside_5788@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So why NBA players can do Back to Backs? 👀

(i am not even american)

[–] DatOgreSpammer@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Because they're different sports. During the Stanley Cup playoffs, you play every other day, even if the last game had 3-4-5 overtimes. MLB regularly does doubleheaders and any regular season game could go on until there's a winner. Mention a 20 game regular season to NFL players (or try to increase to workload of pitchers) and you're a dead man.

[–] coysburner@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Go look up how much the average distance an NBA player runs in a single game. Then look up how much the average distance an football player runs in a single game.

Soccer players run up to 3x the distance, do full sprints way more often, and have the added difficulty of dribbling/turning.