One of the other problems with the argument that the athleticism of today's players would be too much for the stars of the past, is that these stars would now have access to much better physical fitness and weightlifting regimens of today. Very few athletes in any team sport had much in the way of organized training and exercise regimens before the 1990s (outside the former Soviet Bloc, but they were decades ahead in that regard). They would have had their immense skill, but also even better athleticism than they already had. Imagine some of these players with even 5% more pace and strength due to today's advances in training. #MindBlown

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The reason they had that much skill is because that's all they had to focus on. Players today have way more extensive practices and drills.
It goes both ways. It's not something kind of phenomena or something. I do think if we had a time machine and today's players went back to the past, they'd murder those guys.
It goes both ways. It's not something kind of phenomena or something. I do think if we had a time machine and today's players went back to the past, they'd murder those guys.


