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![]() You guys are all talking bout guys in popular sports.... none of these guys, EXCEPT tiger, made an impact on their sport in their generation. There aren't spikes in new players at the youth level in Basketball. Most of the shit you are on about is media powered stuff caused by an increase in new media.
Impact on a sport is most felt by how you promote its growth at the grass roots level. Kids didnt' start playing hoops cuz Jordan played, they played, and then wanted to be him. Tiger got people out on to the course. I chose Wickenheiser to basically illustrate my point. I don't know if she is or isn't the most influential. i DO KNOW that the spike in young girls playing hockey skyrocketed when she made Womens Ice hockey even remotely relevant in both the US and in Canada. She was a driving force in creating what is now one of the most fun rivalries in sports with the Womens US team, and she played very competently in tier two Swedish elite mens hockey. The result is amazing. Girls and women's hockey participation is up enormously. Division one US colleges are offering scholarships to women's hockey players now. Ratings for the Womens Olympic Gold medal game rivaled the mens. This all comes form the emergence of a young woman named Haley Wickenheiser, who, took the torch from some other trailblazers and made it know that women could play, and they weren't going away. I think thats impact to me. Thats why I picked her. |
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SJ, your comment on Jordan is completely off base. I would bet the house that hundreds of thousands if not millions of children worldwide started playing basketball because of Jordan. |
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![]() Marcus Banks. Even when you're almost never playing, when you get picked, give it your all, leave it all on the court and think team-first.
Too bad we have a blind coach. lol |
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Basketball was already a common sport worldwide. |
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![]() these names don't really fall into the "this generation" category but i feel they need to be mentioned here anyways
these would have to be considered for a top 10 list imho Jesse Owens Carl Lewis Jim Brown Bobby Orr Joe DiMaggio Jim Thorpe Jackie Robinson Lou Gehrig Gordie Howe Secretariat |
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