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cheapbag214s · Posted: Sat 23:43, 17 Aug 2013 Post subject: Don be like Mike

Don be like Mike
Washington, and the rest of the world,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], can wait to see Michael Jordan play competitive basketball again, but his return doesn come without misgivings. Some critics have worried publicly that Jordan a step slower, a bit older may sully his legendary career,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], ended so spectacularly with that last shot against the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA finals.
What worries me, however, is the coronation of the public Michael Jordan, and the like Mike mantra that will soon reemerge. I propose that we pause a moment, before the revisionist history becomes biblical dogma, to consider a few reasons not to deify the man.
Failed franchise manager Jordan return to the Wizards has to be at least partly motivated by a desire to get out of the responsibilities he sought as president of basketball operations for the Wizards, and at which he has done a less-than-spectacular job. Because he has to sell his ownership stake in the team, and yield his management role to make his (second) comeback, Jordan will have a ready excuse to abandon the Wizards and Washington area altogether when he re-re-retires. 23 never be used again. So, when he first came back, he used No. 45,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and of course millions of kids some of them from poor families, it must be said begged their parents to buy them the new jersey. Then Jordan went and changed his mind and asked the Bulls to un-retire No. 23. Some suggest this was a giant marketing ploy to generate sales of the No. 45 jersey that nobody had owned until he started wearing it. Whatever the case, and no matter what number he wears for the Wizards, a whole new marketing opportunity now exists for Washington jerseys and related paraphernalia.
Spiteful egoist Jordan minor league baseball league venture was little more than a glorified,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], one-man fantasy league farce. Nevertheless, it went largely unchallenged by the same sports media that scoffed when Ed Tall Jones tried to box after his football career ended. Jordan wasted a lot of people money, time and attention to satisfy a personal curiosity that almost no other person with middling high school baseball chops would be able to even attempt. It hard to imagine his move to baseball was not motivated in part by a spiteful, thumb-in-your-eye desire to prove to Scottie Pippen,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Phil Jackson, Jerry Krause and Jerry Reinsdorf that the Bulls could not win without him. They couldn of course, but what an elaborate scheme he dreamt up just to prove it.
Media intimidator When Jordan returned to basketball from his baseball fantasy camp,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he promptly blackballed Sports Illustrated for its it Up,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Michael cover. The image had given us Jordan striking out literally and metaphorically as a Birmingham Baron, but this is the same magazine that put Jordan on its cover more than any other athlete. Though the NBA requires that locker rooms be open for 45 minutes before each game, he rarely allowed reporters to interview him during this time. Granted, Jordan has a hard time guarding his privacy. But his insistence on being treated with a double standard came up again and again over the years. Is it any wonder the other players wouldn pass him the ball in the NBA All-Star games during his early seasons?
Greedy but failed union breaker In the mid- Jordan, Patrick Ewing and several other clients of high-profile agent David Falk tried to break up the NBA players union. The union had been created decades earlier by Bob Cousy and other legendary players of that generation, and had Jordan succeeded,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], many of the provisions protecting the vast majority of players (including pensions and salary minimums) might have disappeared.
Corporate shill According to Fortune magazine, Jordan endorsements constitute the greatest assemblage of sports sponsorships ever. But Jordan has shown little concern about the social implications of his sponsorships. Senate challenges to unseat Jesse Helms. When approached by Gantt campaign for an endorsement, Jordan replied dismissively, buy sneakers, too.
He no Ali Through the fawning of reporters like fellow North Carolina alum Stuart Scott (motto: I the new Ahmad Rashad!), ESPN anointed Jordan the greatest athlete of the 20th century. But Jordan contribution simply doesn compare with that of Muhammad Ali. Both athletes exhibited personal athletic greatness,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and advanced their respective sports. But the societal impact of Ali career and life dwarfs Jordan Faced with moral dilemmas that challenge his career or lifestyle, Jordan invariably balks. Ali gave up his heavyweight title belt for five years, lost uncounted millions, damaged his standing in the sport and with the greater public and even risked imprisonment for his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War.
Michael Jordan is certainly the greatest and most exciting team athlete of all time. He has given money and time to a number of charitable causes. But he is simply not a role model,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and he should not be treated as such. Skeptical? Try this interesting experiment: Imagine for a moment that the above points came from Allen Iverson r
Whoa! Sports media snobs would never stop ranting about Iverson immaturity and selfishness. But Michael Jordan, with his clean, corporate image and Cheshire cat smile,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], gets a free pass. And all because he has the sweetest fadeaway jumper and mid-air acrobatics of all time. We can enjoy his basketball prowess,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and we can even root for him. . ." These forces of nature may run the world,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but they won't cop to the F-bomb.1 comment
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