Sports Professionals and Sport-specific age limits and limitations
Am I too old to continue playing? When should I retire? These are some of the main questions that all athletes ask themselves at a certain stage of their careers.
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Month: March 2020
Interview with the Vice President of FIFPro-Europe, Mr. Spyros Neophytides
Question: List and explain the most important issues faced by footballers as they near retirement. Answer: As they near retirement, footballers come across a series of different issues. One of the primary and most important issues they face is their future...
The Athlete’s Career: Knowing when to retire from field play
An athletic career in professional sports entails taking important decisions that affect both your professional career, as well as your personal life.
Preparing in advance for Retirement from Sport
The end of any playing career is a bittersweet, overwhelming moment, as athletes have to give up the life they enjoyed for years: training schedules, travels and competing in front of big crowds.
The last contract of the retiring athlete
Professional athletes in the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball were studied for a ten-year period, by researchers at the University of Missouri, who established that the so called “contract-year effect”, in the sport world, can actually be proven scientifically.
March 2020 Editorial: Mature Athlete Issues
March 1, 2020 Professional athletes dedicate their lives to sport and make a lot of personal sacrifices to pursue their athletic dreams. Usually ageing is not kind to athletes, as it impacts their performance negatively and it is a signal that their days of...
