Pops Stargell
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For a month, LeBron has been annihilated for the way he handled "The Decision." But Favre’s latest retirement reminds us there was actually a much worse way to handle things: the Brett Favre Way.
Fans, as usual, have only themselves to blame. The dupes always give in to the delusion that all that cheering, chanting, crying, jersey-and-poster-buying and outright loving actually has an iota of emotional impact on their heroes.
Hah!
My pal John Salley recently had to counsel a female friend of his pining for the love of a pro athlete. He had to explain to her that she was the athlete’s “jump-off.†This, he explained, meant the guy would jump off her and onto someone else with nary a second thought about the emotional well-being of the freshly jumped off.
Attention sports fans. You are his “jump-off.†Brett Favre’s. LeBron James’s. Alex Rodriguez’s. Tiger Woods’.
If you think otherwise, I’ve got a Packers Jets Vikings Cavaliers Heat jersey to sell you.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/like-LeBron-Brett-Favre-dumps-on-fans-080310
Fans, as usual, have only themselves to blame. The dupes always give in to the delusion that all that cheering, chanting, crying, jersey-and-poster-buying and outright loving actually has an iota of emotional impact on their heroes.
Hah!
My pal John Salley recently had to counsel a female friend of his pining for the love of a pro athlete. He had to explain to her that she was the athlete’s “jump-off.†This, he explained, meant the guy would jump off her and onto someone else with nary a second thought about the emotional well-being of the freshly jumped off.
Attention sports fans. You are his “jump-off.†Brett Favre’s. LeBron James’s. Alex Rodriguez’s. Tiger Woods’.
If you think otherwise, I’ve got a Packers Jets Vikings Cavaliers Heat jersey to sell you.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/like-LeBron-Brett-Favre-dumps-on-fans-080310