The Pro's the Pro's would pay to see

Today I will be discussing an article from earlier in the semester entitled, “The pros the pros would pay to see” by Jack McCallum. This article is a peer review of 600 players from the NBA, MLB, and NFL. These players took surveys to determine witch athletes they admire most and would pay to see. Basically the players were given a scenario in which the ticket price would be $1,000 and the players would have to decide which player they wanted to go see. Certain players such as Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets stated, “I wouldn’t pay one thousand dollars to see nobody,” which is understandable if you don’t want to pay you don’t have to. A lot of athletes feel that because of their reputation that they should no have to pay

What I found most interesting about this article was the results of the athletes that took part in the study, and a surprise in the top 5. Serena Williams came in fifth place of all athletes, and I can tell you first hand it has something to do with the amazingly sculpted body she possesses. Coming in at forth place at the time this article was written was Michael Vick. Vick of course made it to fourth place because of his uncanny ability to score from anywhere on the football field. Shaq took the honors of coming in third place on the list. Shaq dominated the NFL ranks; a lot of the players see more pigskin in him than round ball (McCallum, 2004). Second place was no surprise to me, the way this guy was hitting homeruns, I thought they where about to go out of style. Bonds received many of his votes from MLB players, Bonds is well respected around the league and Scott Schoeneweis even went as far as saying bonds is “Jordanesque”. The number one athlete on this list is Tiger Woods hands down he is by far the athlete that most pros would pay to see. Some athletes would even pay just to be his caddy or play one round with Tiger. I think about this list today and its certain players that I know for a fact would have to be included on this list including: Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Michael Phelps, and Usain Bolt. I would love to see the study continued in the year 2009 to see how perspectives have changed.