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Sachin Tendulkar vs Michael Jordan

Who is the greater sportsman?

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capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
Coronis said:
8-)



This is the post you guys responded to. Its completely correct. Then you guys try to claim Tendulkar is as iconic and influential in the same way? Outside of India, no, he’s never seen anywhere near that level. In fact, outside of India, he’s not even seen as the best player in his own sport. lol



And pretty much every greatest sportsperson list made by Indians would list whom? And how many made by non-Indians would feature Tendulkar at/near the top compared to how many made by non-Americans would feature Jordan at/near the top? I wonder…
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I think you simply are missing our point here. Simply put, the number of cricket fans is no less than Basketball ones. And MJ is no longer seen as the undisputed best in his sport either. In terms of influence, I can't see a point for SRT being behind Jordan at all. Might be because pretty much no one cares for Basketball in our culture, but at least on fan following, Sachin isn't behind
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
DrWolverine said:
We have slave mentality

We place Bradman, Jordan, Messi, Djokovic etc and forget our very own Dhyan Chand
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Every time I see a Greatest Sportsperson List without Dhyan Chand from Field Hockey, it goes straight to the bin. Have seen a few combining Field and Ice Hockey, which makes about as much sense as combining Badminton and Tennis.
 
Coronis

Coronis

Hall of Fame Member
capt_Luffy said:
I think you simply are missing our point here. Simply put, the number of cricket fans is no less than Basketball ones. And MJ is no longer seen as the undisputed best in his sport either. In terms of influence, I can't see a point for SRT being behind Jordan at all. Might be because pretty much no one cares for Basketball in our culture,
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This is exactly right. You can’t see outside the sphere of your own country’s influence to see what a global influence basketball and Jordan have had compared to Tendulkar in India. Its a very narrowminded view of “oh in my country he’s the best” justified by “my country is the most populous”
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
Coronis said:
This is exactly right. You can’t see outside the sphere of your own country’s influence to see what a global influence basketball and Jordan have had compared to Tendulkar in India. Its a very narrowminded view of “oh in my country he’s the best” justified by “my country is the most populous”
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Again, as I simply said, just spreaded across more countries doesn't makes something more global. If something is more popular in Vanuatu and Fiji than China, is it really the same thing?? You could argue for a middle ground, I found that a bit pedantic. India is not uniform land which is a hivemind. Basketball is spreading but for now, cricket simply has more fans. And I never saw anyone worshipping MJ like Tendulkar.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
Also, none were influential outside their sphere like Ali was with Civil Rights. If you mean by MJ more influential is influencing kids to take up basketball, don't think SRT trails there as well.
 
Coronis

Coronis

Hall of Fame Member
capt_Luffy said:
Again, as I simply said, just spreaded across more countries doesn't makes something more global. If something is more popular in Vanuatu and Fiji than China, is it really the same thing?? You could argue for a middle ground, I found that a bit pedantic. India is not uniform land which is a hivemind. Basketball is spreading but for now, cricket simply has more fans. And I never saw anyone worshipping MJ like Tendulkar.
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Definition of global…
adjective
relating to the whole world; worldwide.
 
The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
My view is the same as Coronis here, despite my obvious loyalty to cricket over basketball. Tendulkar was of course an icon in India, and well known to cricket fans internationally. But everyone knew who Michael Jordan was (and probably still do).

Kids globally weren't wearing India replica shirts because of Sachin, even if they knew what cricket was. But virtually every town or city in the world had a legion of boys (and girls) walking around wearing the Bulls number 23.
 
DrWolverine

DrWolverine

International Debutant
capt_Luffy said:
Well, I atleast hope we all can agree that Messi way above both of them here.
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Sachin : One of the best ever in cricket
Messi : One of the best ever in football
Jordan : One of the best ever in basketball

It is tough to compare across sports.
Especially with cricket that has so many specialities
 
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