08-18-2008, 08:11 PM
Quote:So, I'm a sports fan. I love football, I like baseball, Hockey interests me, I hate basketball, and every 4 years I'm enthralled by the Olympics.
Watching the fishman swim made me think that he could possibly be the most dominant athlete in a solo played sport. The only person in my mind is Tiger Woods, but even he wins less than 50% of the 'major' events that he plays. Is anyone this dominant?
On the other side of this, Does Phelps deserve the accolades, the praise, and the status? I'm curious what other people think, as my father an I had a lively discussion over lunch. He thinks it's overblown, because it's swimming (and not a sport to him).
It is difficult to compare sports,
I like Woods, he seems to be very sympathetic etc. I like golf (play a bit my self) but golf is a game. Giving big price money and having a lot of sponsors doesnot make it a sport.
Swimming, real sport....but 8 medals in all these events that are almost the same is not comparable to what Carl Lewis did.
Phelps is a great sportsman, nice guy, but to me the real heroes are people like Usain Bolt.