Re:Man and Superman
by chongli on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:25PM
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You're just cherry-picking. Pick another sport: basketball. Here you'll find a collection of players way above average height. In fact, players who are average height are the extreme outliers in basketball.
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Other than basketball, there are few team sports where stature is a specific advantage (and stature is not a unique genetic characteristic like long Achilles tendons or elevated red blood cells. Thus cricket, rugby, and American football allow for a wide range of physiques at the elite level.