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Originally Posted by f3lix
So many things to consider:
How great they were for their time
Do their records/times/marks still hold compared to today's athletes
Is it based on talent or awards/medals/titles
Was their competition of noteworthiness
Consider this - the greatest composers and films have stood the test of time, so how do athletes measure up in that sense? Yes, athletes are trained better now, but aren't the youth in both music and film? Why do athletic marks keep falling year after year, yet talent in the arts does not? Just something to consider when looking across the fields of other disciplines when discussing the greatest athlete ever.
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Diet and drugs play a part. Also the inherently creative roles in sports don't improve the same way as the pure athletic roles; Xavi is no great athlete all time, but he's the best midfielder ever.