Is this the best era for sporting G.O.A.Ts?

gonad · 2018-01-28T16:36:07.665Z

The players now are better

midnightpunk · 2018-01-28T16:40:21.632Z

ltlht · 2018-01-28T16:46:20.145Z

There is an element of that, I agree that Messi is GOAT, but I think he’s an outlier like bolt. Humans haven’t physically changed in the last 70 years, so theres no reason why innate ability would get better by generation.

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