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re: Is LeBron the biggest superstar athlete in the World
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:02 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:02 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
Asians play more video games than anyone. I'd assume they buy more of every video game made than Americans. Regardless of genre, with a few exceptions im sure.
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Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:03 pm to VerlanderBEAST
African's love soccer so much, their national pastime is cricket. dem dang socca lovas!
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:03 pm to Lester Earl
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a random Asian person; better chance he knows Lebron or Mossi? random Austrailian: better chance of knowing Lebron or Mossi? random American/Canadian: better chance of knowing Lebron or Mossi?
You realize Cricket is bigger than basketball right? Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and it isn't really close.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:03 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
a random Asian person; better chance he knows Lebron or Mossi?
Messi
quote:
random Austrailian: better chance of knowing Lebron or Mossi?
Probably Messi
quote:
random American/Canadian: better chance of knowing Lebron or Mossi?
Lebron
Europe/Asia/South America/Central America/Majority of Africa will all recognize Ronaldo or Messi before Lebron.
/thread
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:04 pm to lsugolf1105
As a whole, golf just doesn't command the same worldwide attention as basketball. Basketball has grown more worldwide, by far, than any other sport in the last 20-30 years.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:04 pm to lsugolf1105
Seriously do some people in here really think when presented with a picture of lebron and Tiger in a worldwide survey that lebron would be more recognizable? It wouldn't even be relatively close.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:05 pm to Lester Earl
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ive been to 13 different countries on 4 different continents. bud.
And you think Lebron is more well known than the two best players in the biggest sport on the planet...
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:06 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
a random Asian person; better chance he knows Lebron or Mossi?
random Austrailian: better chance of knowing Lebron or Mossi?
random American/Canadian: better chance of knowing Lebron or Mossi?
What about Brazil, the 6th most populous country in the world?
This is an idiotic exercise. You are referring to less than 5% of the world population. While it's true that basketball is inherently more superstar-oriented, it's dum to suggest that the best player of the second or third most popular sport in America would even be comparable to soccer's level of popularity. You didn't even think of Africa, but it's clearly the #1 sport there as well. Even in China and India, where soccer isn't the primary sport, it is still a lot more popular than basketball.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:06 pm to lsugolf1105
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since when? i think he actually gained a lot during the scandal. i was in india during the apology and it was all over the tv, newspapers, etc.
Well I suppose if you look at google trends his web searches are way down since he no longer wins anything. His popularity spiked during the scandal and nobody cares anymore. Even people in the US don't care.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:07 pm to VerlanderBEAST
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You forgot about that small little place called Africa
And Asia... but its a small planet.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:07 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
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Europe/Asia/South America/Central America/Majority of Africa will all recognize Ronaldo or Messi before Lebron.
/thread
No, but Canada and the U.S. will be different.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:07 pm to beaverfever
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Seriously do some people in here really think when presented with a picture of lebron and Tiger in a worldwide survey that lebron would be more recognizable?
Oh, well that settles it.
Seriously, though. If you think it wouldn't even be close, you're an idiot. LeBron has been the best player for a few years now in the second most popular organized sport in the world.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:07 pm to arwicklu
quote:Biased or stupid are the only two excuses for actually believing this
And you think Lebron is more well known than the two best players in the biggest sport on the planet...
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:08 pm to arwicklu
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You realize Cricket is bigger than basketball right? Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and it isn't really close.
you realize Lebron is a global brand, right? He's more than just basketball.
how many Messi commercials do you think they see in Asia?
Yao did wonders in Asia as far as basketball interest. Everyone there knows who Lebron is.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:08 pm to Lester Earl
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African's love soccer so much, their national pastime is cricket. dem dang socca lovas!
Cricket is the number 2 sport in the world... Hakeem Olajuwon wanted to be a soccer player even.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:09 pm to acgeaux129
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Even in China and India, where soccer isn't the primary sport, it is still a lot more popular than basketball.
Not that it matters in the overall picture but I'm pretty sure the #1 spectator sport in China is Basketball
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:10 pm to Lester Earl
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you realize Lebron is a global brand, right? He's more than just basketball.
how many Messi commercials do you think they see in Asia?
Why do you keep posting shite like this? You think there are more Lebron or Messi commercials in South America?
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:10 pm to beaverfever
quote:
Seriously do some people in here really think when presented with a picture of lebron and Tiger in a worldwide survey that lebron would be more recognizable? It wouldn't even be relatively close.
I'm currently overseas and a lot of people don't know who Lebron is and didn't know about the NBA finals. People do know Tiger. People talk on and on about Messi versus Ronaldo. Euro 2012 is going on right now and Ronaldo is more popular than Jesus.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:11 pm to Lester Earl
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you realize Lebron is a global brand, right? He's more than just basketball.
All superstar athletes are more than just their sport. Still, this is fricking stupid. If we were going by brands, Pacquiao would be #1 and Tiger would be #2.
Posted on 6/22/12 at 8:11 pm to Ostrich
first of all, only 1/3rd at best of US sports fans have basketball as their #1 sport. Maybe only 1/4. Lebron is a big fish in a medium sized pond. He has to do more. If L.A. gets one more player, or Oklahoma, they can beat Miami. One championship does not make him biggest in the world. He's probably not even the favorite player in the USA. Its probably Brady. There are probably A FEW NFL QB's who are bigger stars than LeBron.
And NASCAR drivers. LeBron has won ONE NBA championship in a year when the two other best players in the league both went down, Orlando's center, SUPERMAN, and Chicago's Rose.
So its not all that impressive.
Like I said, Brady, Manning, they are bigger. Manning gets Denver to the Superbowl, his fame will DWARF LeBron.
Brady too. They are already big. If they do it again, it will be MONSTER.
Many of the great ones in the NBA won three.
Wilt averaged 50 points and 26 rebounds one season.
Come on man.
1. pro football
2. college football
3. reruns of pro and college football
Someone posted Messi. Good enough guess.
And NASCAR drivers. LeBron has won ONE NBA championship in a year when the two other best players in the league both went down, Orlando's center, SUPERMAN, and Chicago's Rose.
So its not all that impressive.
Like I said, Brady, Manning, they are bigger. Manning gets Denver to the Superbowl, his fame will DWARF LeBron.
Brady too. They are already big. If they do it again, it will be MONSTER.
Many of the great ones in the NBA won three.
Wilt averaged 50 points and 26 rebounds one season.
Come on man.
1. pro football
2. college football
3. reruns of pro and college football
Someone posted Messi. Good enough guess.
This post was edited on 6/22/12 at 8:17 pm
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