. You said you are not sure how to define work. That's why you are missing the boat on this. Sports is something we do for fun whether we get paid or not. It's an act that is pleasurable. So is acting or playing a musical instrument.
People don't do accounting or install roofs for leisure. It's not pleasurable, it's "work".
This thread is not about "work ethic", it's the topic of ignorant athletes squandering their fortunes...............
Please stay focused here bro...........
You seem to have the notion that pro athletes just tumble onto the field at game time to play a game. Or that musicians just show up at concert time and have the rest of the day to themselves.
There are thousands upon thousands of hours of numbing practice sessions to get to the pro level and also to stay there. This, I can assure you, is not fun.
Most of us would drop dead after one summertime NFL practice.
Trust me, if being a pro athlete was as easy and pleasurable as you make it out to be, a lot more of us would be doing it.
You are being ridiculous.
And obviously you are stuck on your definition. But if do something to make a living and you spend your life preparing for it, its work to me.
I am sorry your “accounting” mind cannot comprehend that. I bet you think these athletes stop practicing the day the season ends and they don’t pick it up again until Spring training.
That simply shows ignorance.