What’s with the Michael Jordan hate?
BrownManofColour,
Please have the decency to sign your post if you’re going to be saying ridiculous things. Do you honestly believe that the knowledgeable NBA fan (the only people who give a damn about trivialities such as Hall of Fame inductions) lionizes MJ for his morals or even his management skills? And really even if some idiot still chooses to view professional athletes as role models, how is MJ complicit in this? He doesn’t hide any of his flaws – he just plays up his superhuman skillz on the court (MJ deserves a gratuitous misspelled ‘z’).
Any real NBA fan knows and remembers his faults well. He gambles too much. He ruined Kwame Brown. He’s a womanizer. Post-40 he still parties with 20-something douchebags in Cabo.
MJ being classy in Cabo in 2008 (Image via Bumpshack.com)
MJ, to the best of my knowledge, denies none of this. In fact he seems to revel in his flaws. As imperfect as he was on the basketball court, he’s kind of an ass off of it. But unlike a certain mega-superstar in L.A., he doesn’t tearfully apologize to his wife for his unfaithfulness because he was forced to do so after (wrongfully) being accused of rape (hint: I’m not talking about a Clipper). Instead, MJ just does weird, morally questionable actions and dares you to criticize him. What’s wrong with that?
And if his response to public scrutiny about his ambiguous morals is to ram an Air Jordan commercial down our throats, what should we care? After all, is it MJ’s fault that we all want to forgive a man who dunks like this?
Don’t act like you’re not impressed. I’ve seen you forgive people for less. Like a shiny quarter.
Now get off your soapbox. Judging by your funk, you should be using its contents instead.
YellowSun
