To dream the impossible dream
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That's a pretty big If, one that I'd wager most of them do not succeed at. Almost every "champ" you see is living in an epic gamer compound and has all sorts of awesome things that their money was spent on. And that's just for the champs, which means most people aren't making a fraction of that for their entire years work.
And while its equally true for regular athletes, those guys also are still peak physical specimens who are probably at least somewhat capable of being social. In stark contrast to most pro-gamers who are usually the epitome of nerd stereotypes about physical capabilities and social interactions. The handful who aren't usually quickly devolve to just basic Streamers instead.
Which the "youtuber/streamer" industry has much the same issues of longevity, but at least isn't hardgated by age.
Sure, but the opportunity is there.
While they're working out, yes. Tons of former athletes just become fat and out of shape, though.
Quite possibly, but not always. "Uhhhhhh, obviously they're a great team, uhhhhhhh, at the end of the day uhhhhhh we have to play harder to get the W" is not exactly peak charisma.
Also, this assumes they haven't been injured during their career -- which could reduce both their charisma and physical fitness. Family Guy did a funny bit about this.