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Originally Posted by animal909
i remember growing up and remember players like Magic Johnson, Micheal Jordan, John Elway, Wayne Gretzky, David Robinson, Jerry Rice, Bo Jackson, and others and now it seems like all the "star" players just don't cary that kind of stigma anymore. Its all about bling bling and the Maybachs and Escalades... Iunno, maybe its because when I was a kid things were different (idolozed players in a different way) or maybe I was just in a different era. Don't get me wrong, Micheal Vik and Kobe bryant are good players but they just don't carry that "something" these other players did.
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A good many of those players you mentioned (MJ, Jerry Rice, Gretzky) were very arguably the greatest players to every play their respective sports. Plus, they all had enough media savvy and character to not look like assholes (a la TO, Kobe, etc...). I agree though, the players just don't seem to have as much "star" power as they did. I think it is because we are coming off a period of tremendous talent (MJ, Rice, Gretzky again, not to mention some of the others you mentioned) and also because most of the stars of today either have off the field problems (like Kobe) or get injured and in general are just overhyped (Vick).