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?
Oh come on, just go for it.
Long dudes, long beds.
they are basically Cal Kings cut in two length-wise (5" longer but 1" narrower than twin size beds).
I am 6'1" and I remember being pleased with how roomy the XL Twin was compared to the regular Twin I had at home. I also remember seeing guys like Trezelle Jenkins and Juwan Howard in person and wondering how they slept in dorm beds. I guess they curl up.
kind of have to believe that the scholarship football and basketball players at Michigan are bestowed with adequate beds, and maybe even a free burger or two at their local hangout of choice. I'm not sayin. I'm just sayin.
If the amazon doc was any indication then, at least at michigan, the accomodations are moderate at best.
i remember seeing that basketball players (at duke or louisville, or something where its THEE sport of the school) actually had their own dorms built for them.
but football has literally 10x more players, and with basketball, usually about half of the team is off the charts abnormally tall, whereas football is more about weight, with much fewer tall ones, and virtually no one over 6'6"
so b-ball would be both logistically and economically much easier to accomodate
I think you can request larger beds depending on the school. I remember in the Amazon Doc Harbaugh was talking to James Hudson on move in day and he asked him "Is that the extra long bed?"
They let their legs hangover
sounds scary
What if something grabs their ankles?
I don't know how you roll, but when that happens I always turn and run the other way.
in my experience most dorm beds are the XL twin size which is longer than the regular twin. Plenty long enough for a 6 foot 2 guy. Call the campus housing dept to check, and if he needs the longer size i'm sure they'll be willing to accommodate.
https://www.dormsmart.com/All-About-Dorm-Bedding-Sizes-Including-Twin-XL-16.html
EDIT: OP didn't mention if their kid is going to UM or not, but this site indicates UM dorms use the XL twin size as a standard.
Also don't forget part of the college experience is the shitty dorm life. The omg-thats-so-horrible change of going from a full size to a twin size bed is part of the whole thing.
trust me your son won't be the guy wandering up and down the hall griping about having a twin bed.
I suppose the really big guys - 6-8 and above, do what they've always done, and always will do...fold their legs up a bit while they sleep. college or no college, regular beds and blankets will never be long enough for these guys and they just learn to make do.
I'm not worried about my kid -- he needs some "adversity." I'm wondering about linemen and basketball players who are 7' and up. How the heck do they get decent sleep in a twin size bed? I know they're XL, but still.
I suppose also for the tall gals as well.
but I assume this is just a life long issue that they learn to deal with. The bed will never be long enough.
Although even the twin XL size has a diagonal of 7-5 so most beds should be big enough for most folks on the diagonal.
sleep diagonally duh.
something something something hypotenuse and pythagorean theorem. too early to be an intelligent smartass
you guys called them Joeys.
In the trees. Usually for about 18 hours a day.
Yeah, but there's not that much sleep going on in that tree if there are two lady koalas involved, amirite?
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Koala T
Koala T who?
Koala T tree sex partners are hard to find.
I know we're not supposed to talk about downvotes and points, but who would downvote this comment?
One of the few times I've LOL'd at an internet comment.
Good for you, Wichitan. Good for you.
For the record, I did not downvote him.
After I laughed, "who downvoted this" was the first thing that popped into my head as well.
Manti Te'o was a big dude, and his girlfriend fit in his bed with him just fine.
Wow! That's a REALLY big bed!
You mean dudes.
If the dorm allows it, build a loft system that can let your feet hang over the end. Some dorm beds have foot boards. Other posters are correct that UM has XL twins: 80" long.
Has anyone seen that kid from Romania who is currently playing basketball at some sort of academy in Ohio? Something this could be a serious issue for kids who are that big. If I had to guess, most schools will accomodate someone who is unusually tall, either 1) simply because they want to make things (reasonably) comfortable for students, and 2) I can imagine that schools would consider this to fall under health accomodations, the same way a student with asthma/allergies may be allowed to have a window A/C unit that is otherwise prohibited.
By the way, the basketball player from Romania seems to adapt pretty well to the challenges of being 7' 7".
Holy shit. I am 5'9'' and I might not even make it to this dude's chest in terms of height. I guess it really is about what's in the water, as they say.
I cannot even imagine having to make the adaptations that he needs to make on a daily basis.
They made a special table for him. Keep in mind, this is at a basketball academy where presumably the kids are already pretty tall.
He just got out of cosplay class.
Reminds me of the Andre the Giant documentary on HBO, Hogan was telling stories how Andre was always physically uncomfortable because the world wasn't design to accommodate a man of his unusual size. He'd be on an airline flight to Japan for 12-14 hours and couldn't use the lavatory because he physically couldn't fit inside, all while taking up two seats and his head hitting the top of the fuselage. No hotel bed was ever comfortable. No seat at a restaurant was ever large enough. I can't imagine how hard it must be for guys like this.
Like when the two of you were feeling lovey-dovey?
You snuck in a "yo mama".
I guess you win, then.
I'm 6'5", so at least shooting guard size (or a power forward if I was as gritty as Z. Novak). South quad beds were no problem back in the day, I liked having my legs hang off the end. Nonetheless, the struggle is real in other areas. Small cars? Airplanes? Low door frames? Nope.
The worst is showers that are too short. Ugh.