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Originally Posted by Norm K
I don't think today's players are better athletes, but they are certainly the beneficiaries of modern training, diet, medicine, etc.
Good luck convincing me that, given access to all of the things modern-day players enjoy, guys like Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Lilly, Ted Williams and so many others wouldn't be as dominant today as they were so many decades ago.
The greats would be great in any age ... period.
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Again, the game changed because the players evolved to be better physical specimens than the "golden age" guys.
I mean you kind of make the argument yourself, "...given access to all of the things modern-day players enjoy, guys like Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Lilly, Ted Williams and so many others wouldn't be as dominant today as they were so many decades ago."
They would be better physical specimens capable of more now than they were then.