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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I dislike him because he seems completely fake and consumed with his own numbers. But the whole "he's a cheater thing" is ridiculous and applied in the most random way when it comes to him as opposed to every other athlete.
If you hate him because everything he says and does is calculated, then you hate almost every single successful modern athlete, from Jordan to Tiger to Jeter. They are all about the absence of opinion and try to make themselves into a perfectm, generic marketing machine.
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I hate A-rod for the reasons you mention, too. I thought those were the obvious reasons that need not be stated.
I am indifferent with respect to Jeter, although I think he's highly overrated (except when it comes to the playoffs). He's
maybe a top 5 SS in the majors right now. Tiger and A-Rod are very similar. I've disliked Tiger ever since someone saw him playing blackjack in Vegas and betting $25 a hand -- now THAT is a pussy. Don't get me wrong, he's the second-best golfer to ever play (and will become the best soon), and I respect his drive. In fact, his will to win is what A-Rod lacks. It doesn't seem like A-Rod cares whether he gets a ring or not.
Jordan? Yeah, he was a calculated marketing machine, but for some reason he seemed to transcend that. Some people have the personality to do that. Mantle was a marketing whore just like Jordan, but no one cared. For some reason, everybody loved both of them.
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