Hi Dr. Rassman! I have a pretty weird question for you.
I just read a comment you made about most politicians having lots of hair compared to the average man. As a big fan of european soccer, I have noticed that almost all of the games biggest stars have a full head of hair (Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Fernando Torres, David Beckham, Luis Figo and more). The only superstar who is balding is Zinedine Zidane from France. Very few choose to shave their head and those who do aren’t balding (ronaldo). For example, Englands national team does not have one bald guy in the starting 11. The same goes for Italy. And a lot of other big soccer teams don’t have much bald guys. Is this a coincidence?
There seems to be a good number of balding men in tennis. I can’t make a case one way or the other on your observations on soccer, but do think that it is interesting to note. Thanks for sharing.
David Beckham is definitely losing his hair, he just keeps it cut really short.
I think it may also be the way they are photographed. Lawrence Dellagio is quite bald, also if you see Michalak being interviewed, live, he’s rapidly thinning (he’s only 25 I think too) whereas in published photos it somehow doesn’t show at all. Same with Canavaro (I can’t spell it, the Italian captain). There’s quite a few in European football and rugby