The World's Greatest Athletes?
June 26, 2008 in athletes, Uncategorized
Wall Street Journal names top athletes
First off, why a money magazine naming the greatest athletes? Do they even know anything about sports? After seeing the wall street journal’s list of the worlds best athletes, I am not so sure that they should be allowed in the sports world.
Maybe it was they judges they chose. All the judges were not really related to sports. They had an exercise scientist, a chairman of the Sports Science Department at Colorado College, and orthopedic surgeon, and 2 personal trainers. Where are the sports reporters, announcers, and other players that interact with sports starts every day?
Here is the list of the greatest athletes this year, according to wsj.com:
1) Roman Sebrle-Decathlete
2) LeBron James-NBA Basketball
3) Floyd Mayweather-boxer
4) LaDainian Tomlinson-NFL Football
5) Roger Federer-Tennis
6) Sidney Crosby-NHL Hockey
7) Liu Xiang-110-meter hurdler
8 ) Jeremy Wariner-400 meter sprinter
9) Ronaldo de Assis Moriera-FC Barcelona/Brasil
10) Alex Rodriguez-MLB Baseball
Where is Tiger Woods? Where is Kobe Bryant? You cannot tell me that LeBron is that much of a better athlete that Kobe. A few of the top ten names maybe. Mayweather is an animal. Tomlinson is untouchable (Reppin SD!). Ronaldinho looks like he has duct tape attached to his feet. These names I can understand.
Who is Lui Xiang? How does running 1 lap around a track make you one of the greatest athletes? I love Jeremy Wariner don’t get me wrong. He is the best in the world at what he does, but is running a lap makes you a better athlete than being a Running back, or a basketball. Team sports are more dynamic and require a lot more than individual sports, and most of the names on WSJ.com list are individual sports.
Where are the women? Is wall street journal implying that we have no great women athletes? I would love to see any of these athletes play volley ball against misty may, or play tennis against the Venus or Serena.
Basically, i am not a fan of the WSJ.com top ten list. So I am making my own. Let me know who your top ten is. I will create a list of the True Top 10 Athletes in the World. Leave a comment with the athletes that you think should be in this list.