How To Become Famous? Retire
This image was lost some time after publication. SportsBusiness Journal — which we actually subscribe to, even though it pretty much requires a second mortgage — gives its yearly Q ratings of the popularity of top athletes. (The rating measures how the general public recognizes people. And athletes are people too, apparently.) The site's subscription, but here's the top 10:
1. Michael Jordan 2. Joe Montana 3. Nolan Ryan 4. Tiger Woods 5. Brett Favre 6. John Madden 7. Jerry Rice 8. David Robinson 9. Wayne Gretzky 10. Cal Ripken, Jr.
Look at that list again. Three active athletes, one in his prime, one with probably one year before retirement and one whom everyone is begging to retire. We get a feeling Jordan might be No. 1 years after his death.
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