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PostPosted: 04/24/05 11:36 pm    ::: What's the average age of retirement in the W? Reply Reply with quote
Sure there are some who stay in longer than others but if you look at rosters they run the gamut from rookies to 8 year veterans. When are they too long in the tooth (as my grandma used to say)?
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PostPosted: 04/24/05 11:56 pm    ::: Re: What's the average age of retirement in the W? Reply Reply with quote
smenko wrote:
Sure there are some who stay in longer than others but if you look at rosters they run the gamut from rookies to 8 year veterans. When are they too long in the tooth (as my grandma used to say)?


I've been trying to figure this out too. The W's player movement pages from '05 and '04 are unhelpful as they list only announced retirements, not people who decided to give up after being cut from a given team. This year's announced retirements: 27 (White), 38 (Black), 25 (SDS), and 25 (Randall), but Teresa Edwards will almost certainly retire as well (she's still 40), and certainly others will retire and not announce it.

My hypothesis is that the average age of (both effective and official-announced) retirement is quite a bit younger in the W than in the NBA, but I'm still thinking about how to get the data... anyone have ideas?
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PostPosted: 04/25/05 12:52 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
I'm sure pilight will have some ideas.



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PostPosted: 04/25/05 5:07 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
The W's average is probably younger, but maybe by less than you think. There are plenty of NBA guys who suddenly face the end of their career at 24 without much fanfare.



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