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2.13.2006

Give thanks to thy holy P.R. Machine

I like to take a brief moment to complain about the way wayne gretzky has been treated in the past week and at the same time, point out the geniuses who were michael jordan's pr people.

first of all, gretzky did nothing wrong. he denied any knowledge of the gambling ring. some sport talk shows have said there is no way that a wife would be able to place over $100,000 in bets in a month without her husband knowing. then charles barkley was asked if he would know if his wife was spending this much money...his answer...most definately not. people with that much money pay people to take care of their money. people with that much money have significant others who will spend a lot of money and be able to play it off. i can get away with spending $40 on a purchase and say to myself that is the largest purchase i can comfortably make for the next two weeks. i make next to nothing. people like gretzky who have made millions and are still worth millions look at 100K like I look at 40 bucks.

moving forward because that is slightly off point, gretzky has been critized for going to the olympics to support canada. the man is a living legend in canada. you know what people think about gretzky right now in canada? he is still a legend and his wife is yoko ono. all gretzky has done in his life is become the face of hockey. the best player to ever play. he was not a jerk on the ice and he was always gracious. he doesn't necessarily associate with the smartest of people but he has never run afowl of the law. i guess you could say, he is not a dick.

then there is michael jordan. the greatest basketball player of all time. one of the most amazing atheletes any of us have ever seen play. let's look at one characteristic that mj is know for:
1. fierce competitor no matter the sport.
so fierce that he would try to push his teammates to the top of their game no matter how cruel he had to be. so fierce that he would place bets of hundreds of thousands of dollars on single golf shots. so fierce that his gambling debts may have been the reason why his father was murdered. all of this and when has their ever been negative press about him? i'm not necessarily saying there should be because i was a fan and was amazed by what he could do on the court, but the least the guy could do would be to hold a press conference in the next week to announce just how gangster his PR machine was. MJ was one of the reason the NBA became so popular and has spread so far. everyone remembers the "Like Mike" campaign and any basketball fan has or has had Air Jordans on their feet. the guy has an entire branch of NIKE built around him...and with all of this, in a country like america where you are loved when you first get famous but then we just sit back and wait for you to be discovered with a tranny in your car one lonely night and then tear you and everything you stand for to pieces do we jump on you like the parana did to Richard Pryor in the movie "The Toy" MJ survived with little to nothing against him....

and that is the bullshit that is what is happening to gretzky. someone name something he has done that can be considered morally wrong or make him anything less than the sports idol he is? this attempt to destroy him is so premature and pathetic that it makes me think the sports media and the media in general, since this story has hit all the news stations as well, are more bored than i am...and i really don't think that's possible because i have a blog and there's no excuse for that.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

eddie murphy also has a good p.r. machine. george michael doesn't need a p.r. machine because he doesn't care if he gets caught in a bathroom having sex with men.

5:18 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

speaking of wayne gretsky and michael jordan. . . remember that cartoon they were in with bo jackson. i do. and it was AWESOME. they were called the prostars and they fought evil doers by using their various athletic talents. And yes, I looked it up. to see the beginning of this wonderful cartoon that has obviously shaped my life despite the fact that it was on the air for only a couple of years, go to: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/56-pro-stars/

hopefully that will kill your boredome. at least for a few minutes.

10:41 PM

 

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