I saw the twitter feud going on concerning grant versus NFL players. This kid was getting blasted for saying "Grant isn't a world class athlete". In one sense I agree with the kid. Grant is a world class hurdler obviously, he is currently the best in the world. However, does this make him a world class athlete? To me a world class athlete would be someone like LeBron James. You could take Lebron James and move him to other sports, such as football or baseball, and he probably could learn to be good or even great at them. Could Grant move sports and still be great? Probably not. Being an athlete requires some hand eye coordination along with a great mind to be able to analyze sports that require decision making. Running doesn't require any decision making, knowledge of the game, or hand eye coordination. Running also doesn't present the opportunity to be a leader and lead a team to a victory when all adversity and a crowd is against them. Therefore, in my opinion runners can't be world class athletes. Don't get me wrong they can be the best in the world at what they do but I wouldn't consider them world class athletes. I only think there are a few world class athletes currently out there right now.
LRC note. H ere are soem of the tweets he's referring to from the twitter feud.