Americans love to believe in the idea of the athlete recognized for his skills and rising out of poverty to be a superstar. (Let’s face it, most of the time when we talk about this dream, it’s male athletes that get to live it. Female athletes tend to see athletics as a path to higher education rather than wealth.) Unfortunately, that that American dream is mostly a lie.
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