OT - Sleeping arrangements for larger athletes
As I get closer to taking my son to college, I started to wonder, how do larger athletes sleep in the dorms? My son is 6' 2" and will hate having to move back into a twin bed from a full size. But what do the really big guys do, both football and basketball players?
Millions of dollars are spent on training facilities, the best doctors, food, etc. for athletes. I would EXPECT them to pay the minimal amount of dollars to provide athletes with a proper bed to get some decent rest.
I'm 6'5. I can manage in most beds. The foot of the bed, if there is one, makes a big difference--the ability to stretch my feet out beyond the edge of the bed has become something I am accustomed to and comfortable with. I suspect guys who are taller than I have to be used to this too.
For my job, I had to read the NBA CBA (around 2012). While I skimmed through most of it, I remember the specific requirements for team-provided lodging while on the road. It included 4 or 5 star hotels, and extra-long beds. I thought it was funny that it was so important it had to be bargained for and specifically included in the CBA.
I'm 6'5 and have to sleep diagonally if the bed has a footboard. #firstworldproblems
Actually #TallManProblems They're real.
Hah - the first time I slept with my wife (yeah yeah yeah) she was wondering wtf was wrong with me because I got all diagonal on the mattress...I'm not even that tall (6'3"). But, now, we have a big bed (not sure what it's called) and I sleep like a normal "horizontal" person in it. However, when she gets up early on weekends, I have found myself resorting to my diagonal ways.
and sleep like a starfish so a Twin XL lofted in my dorm room was brutal. I have no idea how the larger athletes make it work.
I'm 6'5.5 and I was fine in the dorm, don't remember any issues. I now own a regular king and don't have any issues. I don't know why california kings are even a thing, how many 7' people are in the world that they get their own specifically named bed?