Athlete A - does a mission first
Athlete B - does a yr at byu then a mission

In their first year together, year 4, athlete A will be a better contributor because he will have a year of fresh training in him.

What about year 5? Athlete A will have 2yrs consecutive yrs and B will only have 1. Closer, but A still has the slight advantage, IMO.

I’d tentatively suggest it isn’t until year 6 that you finally see them equally fit and comparable.

Kind of crazy. Guys should do missions first, at least if they are athletes.