My sad football/soccer story.
Played all my life, got scouted by a football team at 13.
Started earning 3000 a month playing for the biggest team in my city's academy. (Premier league team)
Got dropped at 16 for not growing for 3 years whereas everyone else became 6ft+ and I was the vice captain as well so shows how important height really is. Of course I understand it though, I wasn't gonna win any headers as a 5'6 dude.
To this day I still remember my coach saying, you would've been on the senior team if it weren't for your height. Imagine being told you were 4 inches too short from earning 50k a week.