cnerd123
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Bradman competed in the 1920s/30s and Bo Jackson in the 80s/90s. Not a fair comparison.
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The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread
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Mr Miyagi
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a massive zebra
International Captain
I wouldn't pay much attention to ESPN who are very biased in favour of American sports, or at least sports that have a big presence in America.
C.B. Fry could challenge Bradman for all round sporting skill.
He averaged over 50 in first class cricket, scored nearly 100 centuries and captained England without losing a Test.
He represented Southampton at football and got to the FA Cup final with them. Also played a few matches for England.
He tied the world long jump record.
He represented Blackheath and the Barbarians at Rugby.
I believe AB de Villiers had the ability to achieve similar sporting heights if sportsmen were not forced to focus on just one sport in modern times.
C.B. Fry could challenge Bradman for all round sporting skill.
He averaged over 50 in first class cricket, scored nearly 100 centuries and captained England without losing a Test.
He represented Southampton at football and got to the FA Cup final with them. Also played a few matches for England.
He tied the world long jump record.
He represented Blackheath and the Barbarians at Rugby.
I believe AB de Villiers had the ability to achieve similar sporting heights if sportsmen were not forced to focus on just one sport in modern times.
Mr Miyagi
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Adjust for eras man.
Mr Miyagi
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I don't pay that much attention to American sports. But Bo Jackson was a freak. Don Bradman is like Michael Jordan at best or more accurately Wayne Gretzky.
Bradman isn't special as a sportsman. He really isn't. He's like Phil the Power Taylor in the world of sports. That's the reality.
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
It is disrespect for sure. Bradman is good at ball sports, not physical sports contest. I don't see your point. Would you say Roger Federer sucks compared to Bo Jackson because Roger Federer would be cripped by Bo Jackson in a physical contest? WTF.
Mr Miyagi
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Because Jackson had it all. Physical. Speed. Power. Hand eye with a ball. Running in front of him. He had it ALL. That is my point.
Mr Miyagi
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What would this be prey tell?
First year uni was a long time ago for me, so please enlighten me
Mr Miyagi
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Nah dawg, Bo Jackson would smack it out the park in T20. Whats Bradman going to do, milk the strike?
And who wins the 100m?
Or Wrestle?
Or Boxing?
Or Rugby?
Or Football?
Yeah, sif you want to confine yourself to cricket batsmanship in tests, thats Phil Taylor in darts territory, no disrespect.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
More likely, he would be crippled facing bodyline without protective gear, talking in your language. Heh.
Mr Miyagi
Banned
Well its not like the Don did anything special there. Try again.
Why are you trying to argue batting in cricket is the superior sport? It is harder to hit a baseball.
Inzimam should let you know with a tripple hundred in tests, it aint that special as an athlete, really.
So is this about cricket's standing, or Bradman?
cnerd123
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I'd like to see Bo Jackson accomplish anything he already did without steroids and between the two World Wars tbh.
I'd also like to see Miyagi apologise for being wrong - I called him out on a mistake 100s of posts ago and he still has not owned up to it.
There will be a lot of things we won't ever see I suppose.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Seriously, you need to have some perspective. Bo Jackson would cripple Federer and cripple Jordan and cripple Bradman and he would cripple Michael Phelps and he would cripple Nadia Comaneci and he would eat them all according to you. You realise you are dissing on some of the greatest sports persons with remarkable ability in utter stupidity?
a massive zebra
International Captain
Darts is not more global than cricket. 24 of the current top 27 players come from UK or the Netherlands. There are top cricket players from nearly a dozen countries.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDC_Order_of_Merit
It's not bigger money than cricket either. Only one player has made more than £1 million in prize money in the last two years. Many cricketers make that each year from IPL and central contracts alone.
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Averaged 99.9 without protective gear. Also, Averaging 50 plus in a bodyline series is not special? LOL.
Mr Miyagi
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I'm not wrong. Batting in cricket is like darts.
Batting in cricket is a skill, its not an athletic power, physical, endurance, or power test.
It is skill like chess.
Bo Jackson was a great athlete.
Bradman is like Phil Taylor, good at his game.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Any ways, I have made the point. Will check the thread few days later when hopefully it is back to being an awesome thread and not hogged by one poster about some weird point he tries to make over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.