Which athletes are the smartest?

Apart from sailing I am not sure much intelligence is needed in a lot of sports. I think sports that are expensive to take up seem to have more intelligent participants. This probably leads to the sometimes unpopular idea that intelligence is genetic, intelligent parents get better jobs and can afford to get their little cherubs tennis lessons.

math olympians, no contest ...

people that train for athletics full-time are going to have a commensurate lack of time to spend on traditional schooling.

From the original OP:

Q. Which athletes are the smartest?

A. Follow the money. The smartest athlete is the one who makes the most money in the shortest period of time, in a sport that requires the least amount of investment in time and training, and offers the least physical danger.

Originally posted by mwmiller
From the original OP:

Q. Which athletes are the smartest?

A. Follow the money. The smartest athlete is the one who makes the most money in the shortest period of time, in a sport that requires the least amount of investment in time and training, and offers the least physical danger.

badminton players!

I'd say baseball players--most of them actually graduate from college.