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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Allowed me to play professional hoops over in Europe for 4 years. Now in wealth mgmt. Wouldn’t be where I am today without basketball…plain and simple. [/quote]

Kewl :roll: [/quote]
Why are you mocking this poster? It is impressive that he had the talent to pull that off and really cool that he got the opportunity to do that instead of heading straight into the traditional working world. And smart kids who play professionally are definitely interesting to many employers. [/quote]

I would bet a lot of money that PP and others with that attitude were/are nerdy lawyer or political types who can only be successful in DC. They’re stuck here because no one else in the country appreciates the DC brand of smart + smug. Meanwhile the former professional ball player can be seen as an impressive person no matter where they want to go. [/quote]

I am the OP re played in Europe.  Above is exactly right. Lots of lawyers out there (and wealth managers, frankly), but not a ton of guys who played college hoop and were good enough to get paid to play, even in Europe.

Of course they paid all my expenses while over there, so it was actually pretty lucrative if you’re smart about it. It’s nice to have a perspective that is shaped beyond the smugness/arrogance of the DC professional/gov class. 
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