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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Majority of CEOs. Well....

There are claims that "95% of CEOs played sports" but the only 'source' for that is not that credible. Quite a few did, but a majority of CEOs? Hmmm....

There was a HBR study of female C-Level executives in business around the world. 52% of them played college or university sport. But again, this is a) only females, b) C-Level, and c) not Fortune 500 only.

Not arguing the with the central point--sports does help build skills that are essential in business such as leadership and teamwork, but the stat "majority" seems a bit of a stretch.

But if anyone has a reliable link (i.e. not the "95%" clickbait story but an actual line by line list) I'd like to see it.[/quote]

Here is the whole quote about women in sports...

A 2015 study of 400 female C-suite executives conducted by espnW and EY found an overwhelming correlation between athletic and business success: 94% of women in the C-suite played sports.

Of these, more than half (52%) played at a university level, compared to 39% of women at lower management levels. The same study also found that 80% of female Fortune 500 executives played competitive sports.

Also, many presidents played college sports. Carter, Bush, Bush, Ford, Nixon, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Roosevelt, Roosevelt.... [/quote]

None of the people at the top are thinking in these terms.  If you need a checklist of resume items to figure out what you need to get to the top, you aint getting to the top.  It's middle class/upper middle class for the rest of your life.  If you need your parents to get you the checklist, the road ahead is still bumpier. Folks, if your kids want to play, fine.  There are immense benefits.  But if there is ever a question about whether you should spend a marginal hour at work or in sports, you've taken sports way too far unless you are going pro.  [/quote]

From your post, it is clear you have never been in this position.  It’s almost sad that you think these kids are playing a sport to “build a resume“. What is actually happening with these children is that they play the sport because they love it because they love it they play it all the time and because they played all the time they become amazing at it. You’re not checking boxes to become upper management are you daft.

If you ever had a child who played in the top percentage of the whole nation in a sport you would understand. Colleges understand which is why they give preferential admissions to top athletes. The qualities that these kids possess is not taught, can’t be faked and Sets them apart from other students.

Because of sports these children get to stop checking boxes. They don’t have to take a bunch of AP Classes to prove to the university that they can thrive.

These kids have been going to school, playing soccer every single day, traveling on the weekends, and keeping good grades. This prepares them to become successful adults.

They don’t play sports so that they can be successful they are successful because they played sports[/quote]

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