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Originally Posted by Jason Moyer
Just some relevant stats:
1920: 40.7 million white men
2000: 138.4 million men plus millions of Japanese, Cuban, Dominican, Venezuelan, etc men.
In 1920 there were about 2.5 million available players per team. In 2000 there were between 15 and 20 million available players per team.
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Very true, but some additional relevant stats:
1920: 16 teams looking for the best
2000: Teams looking for the best... 30 MLB, 32 NFL, 30 NBA teams in addition to other venues paying some nice money.
That would drop the 15 to 20 mil down a rough guess of about 5 to 6.5 million (only counting MLB, NFL, and NBA and using the 450 to 600 mil you used as the talent pool). Wasn't sure how to quantify the athletes from other sports so I concentrated on the three that are looking at the same talent pool.