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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > Muhammad Ali Dead at 74
 
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zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:

Doltos posted:

You're all insane. Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan were absolutely more important athletes than Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson in the Americana view of professional athletes. 90% of America could probably name those two athletes alongside Muhammed Ali. Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson took great leaps forward for the cause of black athletes in professional sports but they were hardly the activists that Ali was and hardly the personalities of Jordan or Ruth.

Babe Ruth spawned the modern superstar. Michael Jordan was the most iconic figure of the 1990s including world leaders and pop culture artists. Dude was almost as big as Michael Jackson around the world, and that was probably really close. A case could even be made to put Gretzky ahead of Owens and Robinson. It sucks, yeah, but sports fans in America care more about fame than social change. Muhammed Ali happened to have both in spades which is why he's the #1 undisputed GOAT in American sports and probably around the world (although there is an argument for various soccer stars over the years, most notably Pele).

Are you for real

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zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:

Doltos posted:

Sorry bros not everyone lives in the social justice bubble of SAS. You absolutely are going to find a ton of people who think Jordan is more important than Robinson and will think you're crazy af for not thinking the same way.

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