Retirement Age In Professional Sports

The average retirement age in a professional sport is thirty-three years old, according to The Voice of America. This is a young age to retire, especially since the regular age to retire is sixty-five. If people retire so young than they must start a sport young in order to play it. If they start playing in a professional sport after college than they could be behind on all the training. Being behind on their training can cause them to be bad at that sport, and therefore won’t make much money. Athletes shouldn’t have to wait until after high school to play in a professional sport.

Athletes have to be young in order to play in a sport. In many sports, such as tennis, the minimum age is 14. The reason why the age limit is as young as 14, is because there are many amazing sport players that started at such a young age. These talented young athletes shouldn’t have to wait until after high school to become professional. Also, a diver named Marjorie Gestring, was the youngest person ever to win a gold medal

in the Olympics. She was only 13 years old! Another athlete that was talented at a young age was Freddy Adu, a soccer player. At the age of 14 he was the youngest athletes ever to sign a pro sports contract in America. These athletes started playing professionally at a very young age. If they had to until after high school then they could have given up on their sport or they could have gotten worse at it. This proves that kids should not have to wait until after high school to play in a professional sport.

Lots of sports have people retiring at a young age.

For example, most tennis players retire before the age of 30, according to Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Tennis isn’t the only sport that retires young. Professional gymnasts usually retire at the age of 19 or 20 years old. If the retirement age is so low, then athletes should start their career early. They should start their career early in order to have a longer career and get more money. That is why young athletes should be able to join a sport before or during high school. Additionally, gymnasts have to be flexible in order to be good at their sport. According to MIT, younger people are more flexible because their joints are healthier. If you have healthy joints that means you are more flexible. Basically, younger athletes tend to be more better at gymnastics than older athletes. Since some athletes are better when they are young, then they should start playing professionally as young as they

want.

Most people believe that people won’t be successful in their life if they don’t get a high school diploma, but that isn’t true. People don’t even have to be a sports star to be successful. According to Business Insider, the founder of Tumblr, David Karp, dropped out of highschool, but yet he is really succesfull. He made over 275 million dollars with Tumblr. Another example of someone really successful is Peter Jackson, a movie director, according to Forbes. He was the director of a well known movie named Lord of the Rings and many other masterpieces. He also dropped out of highschool. This proves that many people who didn’t get a high school diploma, are still really successful.

A tennis player who won a Grand-Slam at the age of 12, named Martina Hingis once said, “I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.” She said she was given the chance of playing professionally, even if she was really young. If professional sports don’t allow athletes to join before or during high school then many people won’t get that chance. They will grow old and will be behind the rest of the players. In conclusion, young athletes should be allowed to play professionally before, or during high school.