Michael Jordan is my favorite athlete of all time. Me being white and American won't change that. I've never seen someone that dominant in their respective sport. The only other athlete I've seen that I'd probably put in the same conversation is Wayne Gretzky, because his records and career stats are absolutely mind-boggling. The closest thing I've seen to MJ in boxing was RJJ at his peak.
Oh yea, they love when they play for their white teams and cities. But wait until they take a kneel or voice their opinions, then all of a sudden its "Shut up and dribble"
Yea, his greatness super cedes that, but also team sports are somewhat different.
You can also choke to death on a piece of hair.
Agreed MJ is the greatest athlete ever IMO. Never seen anyone at anything who could consistently dominate like that.
What exactly is a "white team" and a "white city?"
Thats the NCAA where they under report for football due to it being a money maker for the universities.
MJ and Kobe played in those white cities like Chicago and LA... oh wait.
Meaning, if you're from Denver and the Broncos are playing and you grew up liking them, you are established with the team and the city. The players play for your team and your city.
Nobody is saying that collegiate wrestling is more dangerous than football. What the study shows is that over a half decade the reported concussion rate was higher in collegiate wrestling than any other collegiate sport in America. The only potential issue with the study is that it has a small sample size compared to some of the other collegiate sports, but it shows the inherent risks. Football and boxing are much more dangerous due to the repeated blows to the head. Both have been linked to CTE. Concussion rate alone also doesn't tell you the types (grades) of concussions that were most prevalent.
I agree with the last part but there's plenty of evidence to the contrary for the first claim. If white Americans were so driven to find a great white hope then why isn't Stipe Miocic much more popular? He's a white American and the Heavyweight champ of the UFC (realistically meaning all of world level MMA). He's nowhere near the draw that the likes of Jones is or a prime Anderson Silva was. The highest PPV buy rate he's ever had is only 450k PPV buys. He hasn't even been able to crack half a million PPV buys yet despite fighting on PPV half a dozen times.
His highest draw rate was with a black dude, who was also the bigger draw lol
Brock Lesnar was really popular when he was UFC Heavyweight champ but he already had a huge following from the pro wrestling community in the form of crossover fans. His popularity certainly wasn't primarily because he happened to be white and American, it's because he was already a superstar in the WWE.
Don't know jack shit about basket. I just grew up knowing Jordan was the best ever.
Yeah that talk has been going on for a while now. One of the main arguments against it is that LeBron hasn't been nearly as consistent as other greats when it comes to his finals record. He actually has a losing finals record, he's 3-6. But, he's had much less to work with compared to say a 90's prime MJ who had a great team around him. Most feel that LeBron's championship record tarnishes his legacy a bit including myself.
You're right. I think theres more factors than just being white.
Canelo is the biggest star in combat sports currently. Canelo is fighting any and everyone. Canelo is being ducked by the best opponents available.
Dafuck that have to do with anything?
Why werent guys like Tommy Morrison or Kelly Pavlik superstars then?
