I would have agreed except I reckon the last year or two he's been lesser so. Has missed some time with injury and looks to be well and truly in the twilight of his career now.It's Buddy. Has been since 2008
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I would have agreed except I reckon the last year or two he's been lesser so. Has missed some time with injury and looks to be well and truly in the twilight of his career now.It's Buddy. Has been since 2008
I'd probably say Carey if anyone. But even then it's not comparable to Jordan's status.The closest to MJ in the history of our game, and who would be regarded as the greatest VFL/AFL player ever had his career not been cut short due to a knee injury, is John Coleman.
That theory might work if Chicago had 11 teams in Illinois alone to choose from at the time.In the sense that Norths supporter base didn't seem to go up significantly from carey being the biggest name in the game.
Wouldn't a shitload of that have to do with being in space jam? That's where a fu**load of non sports fans would recognize him from
Potentially Tony Modra could have been to Australian rules football what David Beckham was to Association Football (soccer).
The infatuation and hype around Modra in that time period in South Australia has not been matched since with an individual player IMO. Someone on this site once described it as being like Beatlemania.Oh if he'd consistently had years like 93 absolutely. I still remember the hype around him in the mid 90s. Greatly helped with a last name that commentators used to just announce he was doing something. 'MODRA'! And its use in everyday SA life when someone tried to catch a ball or something.
Ah, no.
He's definitely the biggest of this era, but how can it not be debatable when there's a bloke who has won 3 more majors than him?
Michael Jordan is quite probably the most famous person to ever walk the earth alongside Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Princess Diana, Muhammad Ali, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise & Jesus Christ.
Then comes a close second tier of people like Hugh Hefner, Madonna, Mike Tyson, John McEnroe, Sylvester Stallone and Paul McCartney.
Strictly speaking sportspeople though he would be only second behind Ali with names like Tyson, Babe Ruth, Ronaldo, Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong and Federer all being household words. Even if you do not follow sport you know these names.
There will never be anyone in Australia let alone AFL who will ever be that huge or marketable.
Who do we really have to sell? Elle McPhearson (win), Angus Young (Scott), Heath Ledger (dead), Mel Gibson (Yank)..?
Because Golf is an individual sport.And Bill Russell has 11 NBA rings and 5 NBA MVP’s
What’s your point?
That theory might work if Chicago had 11 teams in Illinois alone to choose from at the time.
Victoria is a different beast to anything as far as sporting teams.
Those guys live in a connected, instantaneous world and MJ didn't yet was still known by people worldwide.The likes of Messi and C Ronaldon are bigger world wide than MJ ever was, even Beckham could be thrown in as bigger.
NN and Buddy in Australia.
You are making the point. Their support base worldwide was due to Jordan, no Jordan, less supportHow are the Bulls at the moment?
Carrying NM took its tollIf Carey hadn’t done his shoulders too....
Some Richmond supporters would have you believe it.So the Dustin Tigers is a fair assessment on every game Richmond play?
shoulders f'ed in adolescence at Hampton Rovers or east sandyIf Carey hadn’t done his shoulders too....
and weakness for skirtIf Carey hadn’t done his shoulders too....
16 -> 18 AFL teams Franklin's prominence spread between more competition for the formula suggested in the OPIt would be Buddy current day here but Buddy lacked the loyalty MJ had for Chicago, which is a very endearing quality. He could have gone anywhere but built Chicago off his back from nothing.
Though movies yeah, back when they were both wrestling Stone Cold was always the slightly bigger starSurely the rock is way way more known
8 billion peopleMichael Jordan is quite probably the most famous person to ever walk the earth alongside Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Princess Diana, Muhammad Ali, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise & Jesus Christ.
Then comes a close second tier of people like Hugh Hefner, Madonna, Mike Tyson, John McEnroe, Sylvester Stallone and Paul McCartney.
Strictly speaking sportspeople though he would be only second behind Ali with names like Tyson, Babe Ruth, Ronaldo, Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong and Federer all being household words. Even if you do not follow sport you know these names.
There will never be anyone in Australia let alone AFL who will ever be that huge or marketable.
Who do we really have to sell? Elle McPhearson (win), Angus Young (Scott), Heath Ledger (dead), Mel Gibson (Yank)..?