eh i think Tom Brady disproves this, only two players ive ever seen and im over 40 have been dikkriden like crazy with no real criticism from fans or media is jordan and tom brady, everyone else got some amount of criticism some more than others, most fans just follow whatever narrative the media says on a player even if they think they dont because none of them know dudes personally. and after " the decision " like half the media started hating lebron and it trickled into fansI just want people today to understand....
If social media was around 30 years ago, people would have torn down and bashed the hell out of every last one of your favorite athletes. Jordan, Barkley, Griffey, Rice, Sanders, Magic....all of them.
The only difference now is that we have a platform to do it on. Back in the day you'd be relegated to AM Radio and being John from Ronkonkoma.
speaking of wfan
bonds we all know got hated even though he was goat cause they didnt want the great white ruth to lose his goat title, so if i call up the fan and say bonds is goat, the host is gonna laugh me off telling me hes a chater, but if i call up and say brady aint goat he cheated, they gonna laugh at me and say all his cheatng was no big deal and how dare you not call him the goat
or look at like the 86 mets, the biggest coke head group of a$$holes in baseball history on one team, wife beaters among them, are adored but some great player who never did anything wrong in real life but is slightly aloof will be painted as a demon and the fans will go along with the narrative largely
marbury is jusy crazy though