The Influence of Michael Jordan in the World of Sports

When someone says the name Michael Jordan, the first thing that efficiency come to mind is basketball, Nike shoes, or Wheaties. Through the years Michael Jordan has proved cadence and time again that he is the greatest basketball player perpetually and by doing that he has gained tremendous popularity end-to-end the world. People of all ages and from all areaalities carry gathered to watch him play. Even your Aunt Matilda, who might not know anything ab protrude basketball, liked watching him play, express Daniel. He has dumbfound more than just an entertainer, he is a hero and a role model. It has been said Hes the most famous Ameri fucking in the World (Daniel.)After attractive his sixth National Basketball Association Championship, Michael Jordan has decided to walk away from the world of basketball for the second time in his life. Why would the greatest player to ever play the game leave at the highest point of his c areer? He claims the sport is no protracted a chall enge to him. After his many awards, trophies and titles this is not hard to comprehend. At this time in his life, Jordan wants to devote all of his time to his friends and family. at present that he has unexpended-hand(a) the world of basketball a great void has been left. more questions charter rose as to what is going to happen now that hes gone. What testament happen with the NBA? What will happen to the Chicago Bulls dynasty? Who will be the next Michael Jordan? Could there ever be another Michael Jordan?The first thing any reason fitted person would ask is how could Jordan leave basketball and walk away from all of that money? Last year he was the highest paid basketball player in NBA history. But in dollar terms, Jordan was even more successful as a corporate spokesman, which earned him $45 million in 1998, than he was on the basketball court in which he earned $35 million. (Peyser.) Jordan currently does endorsements for thirteen companies. Out of all the companies, Nik e pays the most for his endorsements at $16 million per year.Jordan is by further the best endorser out there in the market. Many of the celebrities cant compare to Jordan. Hes handsome, articulate, classy. He had purity to his mathematical operation on court and off. Its hard to find the perfect celebrity these days, said Peyser. With such slogans as Be Like Mike and Its gotta be the shoes, companies be in possession of attempted to make consumers believe that if they buy their products they too can be as great as Michael Jordan.Now that Jordan has left the NBA, many are speculating on how well his endorsements will do. Experts say that a fall behindd athlete even Jordan cant compete with a guy whos still winning championships. With the sports-marketing business already in a slump, there may be no heirs to Air Jordan (Peyser.) Even though Jordan has left the basketball court, hes not going to leave Hollywood anytime soon. thither are plans being made to have Jordan star in at least two films notwithstanding this time he will be acting with a real cast as apposed to the cartoon cast he starred with in home Jam. He should play a character like James Bond, suggests movie critic Gene Siskel, a rabid Bulls fan. Id pay to let out him before Pierce Brosnan any day, wouldnt you?Michael Jordan has made a huge impact on the NBA. He has won six NBA championships in the last cardinal years, ten scoring titles, enough Most Valuable Player awards to stock his own wing at the Hall of Fame, said Tresniowski. He is by far the greatest player to ever play the game. Many believe the NBA would not be where it is without him and now that hes gone many cant imagine basketball without him. E actuallyone is wondering, if there ever be another Michael Jordan. The chance of someone accomplishing the same great feats as Jordan is nearly impossible in at onces NBA. But that doesnt mean it wont happen. When Julius Erving left the league many people were asking the same question s. Will there ever be another Dr. J.? Jordan came along, and the rest is history.Ever since the baseball strike the NBA has tremendously gained in popularity, at one time many Americans where questioning, should basketball be the nations new past time? Lately, this attitude towards baseball has changed. Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa have brought the life back to baseball with the breaking of the home run record. With the NBA struggle lockout that has canceled most of this season and now that Jordan has left the future of the NBA is yet to be determined. The outlook doesnt look good. With fear of a season cancellation due to contend over money, many fans have turned away from NBA basketball in disgust. The NBAs image has become tarnished.Todays NBA is nothing like how it was when Jordan came into the league. There is a new breed of players out there. Instead of the rising stars attending college, they are making the jump from high school straight to the NBA. Kobe Bryant is a primary example of this. The major difference between the stars of today and the superstars of yesterday is that many of todays stars wear offt even earn the right to be called stars. Glenn Robinson, now of the Milwaukee Bucks, was asking for a $100 million contract when he came out of Purdue, yet today he is barely worth $1 million. You dont ever want to say never, Starr says, but I dont hypothesize the NBA will ever again attain the doughnut it did with Michael.Even though Jordan was great, we cannot forget about his supporting cast. Without the team to back him up, Jordan would not have been able to accomplish half of what he has done. The Chicago Bulls have been labeled the Team of the 90s. No other team since the Boston Celtics has been able to win more than three championships in a row, but the Bulls have done it twice in the past eight years. They probably could have been champions for at least two more years if the team would have stayed hale and intact.By far, the Chicago Bull s have been hit the hardest with Jordans Retirement. The cause of the licentiousness of possibly the greatest team ever was rumored to be caused by clashes between the players and Bulls management. The breakup started when management wouldnt pay Phil Jackson what he deserved after bringing six NBA championships to the Bulls. Rather than coach another team, Jackson decided to retire to practice Zen Buddhism fulltime. When Jackson left, Jordan said he wouldnt play for a new coach. After Jordan left, basketball great, Scottie Pippen was traded to the Houston Rockets. Only four players of last years team still remain on the Chicago Bulls roster for this season. Many have made the prediction that the Bulls will lose more games in this shortened season than they did all last year (Stein.)Rebuilding the Chicago Bulls may turn out to be one of the biggest mistakes ever made by the Bulls organization. There will no longer be sell-out crowds every night, sales from Chicago Bulls merchandise will take a nose dive, and all the evenhandedly Weather Fans will move on to another team. It could take years and millions of dollars before the Bulls will even be able to compete for another title.Many wonder if Jordan will come back to the NBA, after all he did come back before. In 1993, after winning his first three championships, Jordan announced his retirement. He felt he had nothing left to prove and he wanted to try his luck in major league baseball. When his short-lived move in the minor leagues didnt work out he decided to return to the NBA, (Greene.)While, competition is what Jordan thrives on. It has had both a positive and a negative load on his life. Jordan being the very competitive person that he is, got in trouble when he was rumored to have a gambling addiction. Many feared that he might have been gambling on NBA games. However, all allegations of illegally betting on NBA games were false and with time Jordans image was rebuilt, (Greene.)The chances of Jordan co ming back to the NBA are very good. However, if he comes back it wont be as a player, his new role would be coach. This time he doesnt have a team to come back to. He is certainly not going to come back to the Bulls and wait for them to rebuild.Jordan will probably ever be remembered as the greatest. It will be a long time before anyone can accomplish half of what he has done. As far as the current NBA cast, the experts cant see anyone replacing him for a long time. Not only does it take the skills but it also requires a certain set of values to become a role model. Many stars of the NBA lack both of these qualities. But somewhere out there is a young child with dreams of becoming the next Michael Jordan. He is on every playground all around the world. He has the endless desire to make something out of himself. Basketball could be his only chance out of the current situation that he is in, and it is only a matter of time before he will have his big break, (Starr.)Some might think i ts hard to imagine the effects that one man can have on the game of basketball, but when you look at our society and how much we tend to focus on athletes in the sports world its really not that hard at all. Michael Jordan played more than the role of a basketball player. He was a hero, a product endorser, and a corner stone in a major corporation, and to the teams that he beat night after night, an enemy. Now that he is gone from the game no one really knows what will happen all anyone can do is speculate. Even though he has left the basketball court, chances are he wont be leaving your TV quite that soon.The people that will miss him the most are his origin teammates and the die-hard fans that loved to watch him night after night. The Chicago Bulls may never reach the greatness that they once achieved but they will always have the memories. Its hard to tell who will take Jordans place, it could be safe to say that no one will ever be able to, but that doesnt mean there wont be a nyone better than Jordan. Only time will tell.The die-hard Chicago Bulls fans will always hold a special place in their heart for Michael Jordan. They will tell their sons and daughters about him, they will get out the old VHS tapes of games that they have preserve and they will pass along the Basketball cards that will be worth hundreds of dollars. Those of us who have seen him play will always remember him and what he has done for the game of basketball. For those who havent, you will have to settle for the endless highlight reels and Nike commercials to keep his memory alive.