Update: Admired/Respected Athletes

Nov 18, 2019,15:42 PM
 

A week or so ago I started a thread on what athlete do you respect/admire, got several good responses.  Here's one I forgot to add to my list.

Alex Rodriguez. OK, so he cheated by using PEDs and paid a dear price for it.  He very well could have ridden off into the sunset
with his millions.  He chose not to and made the comeback of the century.  Played another season or two, has a CNBC show where he helps 
former athletes who had it all no longer do.  He runs several successful companies and is engaged to one of the most beautiful women on the planet IMHO.
Together they are worth close to a BILLION dollars.  It would be easy to let your head get very large in that circumstance, but from what I see he is not that way.

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As someone with a genuine affection for the game of baseball, I have zero respect for any of the PED cheaters

 
 By: NickO : November 18th, 2019-17:49
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