If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.
No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks down like high school does. You have your social cliques, you have the people you get along with, the people you don't and the people you're ambivalent about. All of the dynamics are still here.
But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.