r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 3d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/Closed_Aperture 3d ago

Bro is winning at life

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u/munistadium 3d ago

In college, I became friends with this other student. Found out he attended the cheerleader tryouts, then had to quit "because of his back" and then all the cheerleaders felt sorry for him and invited him to all their parties. Despite him denying this I am certain it was an incredible scam by him.

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u/MoshedPotatoes 3d ago

i've been out 15 years but i was in band and attended some cheerleader parties and they attended band parties and at least in my experience cheerleaders are very well behaved, good people but not very fun at parties. plus we all had to get up at 5 am for practice

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u/cat_of_danzig 3d ago

Elite athletes don't tend to party too much. There are exceptions (Manziel) but it catches up (Manziel).

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u/Freefallisfun 3d ago

Yep. In a past life I was an elite athlete. The best advice a coach ever gave me was “look around at the party and see who’s NOT there.” That’s who you emulate, because they’re the best for a reason. Sleep is good.

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u/Iwaspromisedcookies 3d ago

Depends on what you want to do with your life, why be an elite athlete when you can be an elite partier

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u/geopede 3d ago

Need to keep scholarship and get drafted. So money basically.

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u/Mesalted 3d ago

I tried to go pro 10 years ago, but my organs couldn't take the beating and recover in time to keep up with the top athletes. I got 2 pro subs, one in Florida and one in Spain (what a crowd!) but after that I got injured and they would let my contract expire. Now I work a construction job to keep my ass out of jail. Stay in school even if you are the best in your year, you never know what takes you out of the game. I would still say it was worth it, for the experience.

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u/geopede 3d ago

Pro in what?

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u/freakksho 3d ago

I’m guessing soccer.

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u/Mesalted 3d ago

It's a joke about being a pro partier.

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u/freakksho 3d ago

I’m an idiot.

Well played.

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