Tiger or Brady or Jeter or Gretzky or Ronaldo

[freeze16172002]

you at their level and fame what sport would you choose? 

[Kilo1545]

If we're limiting it to during career, then baseball or football.  If we're talking about for a lifetime, then golf.  It's the only sport of the 5 that can be played anywhere and at any age.

[Baitkiller]

The great one. 

[nsxguy]

Brady.

 

Only 16 games a year and (mostly) protected from harm by the NFL/officials.

 

Yeah, I'm lazy. 

[iBanesto]

Federer.

[nikeblades00]

Brady or Jordan.

Edited December 27, 2020 by nikeblades00

[SPIF]

Ronaldo.  

 

The other sports pale immensely when it comes to worldwide participation.  If you want to be number one, mine as well be at the top of the most widely played sport in the world.

[soregongolfer]

I'll take Messi since he makes more money than Ronaldo 😉

[Hankshank]

Exactly what is the question? What sport career to take up given you get world class starting it(änd becoming 25 again)?

Definitely nothing like hockey or American Rugby, or boxing. No use to be a physical wreck at 45.

And generLly, team sports is nothing i really liked. Be Ronaldo good  at football would of course be magical.

Golf is the self-evident choice, but all that travelling... and golf on that level is played in monstrous temperatures (I prefer 15C) and among snakes and creepy animals. And I hate long flights, hotels and stuff.

i take being the new Bobby Fisher, or Capablanca. Youve seen Queens Gambit, right? I think very few people would recognize Karlsen in the streets but he still makes a fortune. I could live with that. And just cherry pick tournaments. Being Tiger comes in on silver position.

[Chanceman]

Charles Howell III @ $5m per annum would do me. Never leaves the US, makes enough in a year for most people to spend in a lifetime, no one knows who he is and he only wins every 10 years. And he has a guaranteed spot on the Champions Tour until he's 60 or so.

[ChillyDipper]

Which Ronaldo?  I'll take the one with nearly 3 World Cups:

 

But being from the hometown of the Great One, I'll have to go with him.

[MattyO1984]

I would between Tiger and Ronaldo because those are my two sports. On balance, I will go with TW simply because I like golf more but the ability of Ronaldo is just incredible. In football terms, that Ronaldo and Messi have been playing at the same time is all but unbelievable.

[Outlier]

31 minutes ago, ChillyDipper said:

Which Ronaldo?  I'll take the one with nearly 3 World Cups:

 

But being from the hometown of the Great One, I'll have to go with him.

the better one is actually named Ronaldinho  FWIW

[ChillyDipper]

7 minutes ago, Outlier said:

the better one is actually named Ronaldinho  FWIW

different style of player.  No one has ever been as good as efficient as fat Ronaldo for getting the ball in the net based on # of chances, in my opinion.  Ronaldinho had more skills midfield for sure. Also, there is no way that goal over David Seaman's shoulder was intended.

[One Putter]

Tiger is the correct answer. I thought this was a golf website.

[Guy In Lyon]

Golf. You can make a damn fine living by playing maybe 12 weeks a year...

[Guy In Lyon]

57 minutes ago, ChillyDipper said:

Which Ronaldo?

This one...

 

 

[bscinstnct]

I be like,

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by bscinstnct

[freeze16172002]

9 hours ago, soregongolfer said:

I'll take Messi since he makes more money than Ronaldo 😉

Messi is married

 

11 hours ago, iBanesto said:

Federer.

 

1 hour ago, Guy In Lyon said:

This one...

 

 

He is married, Ronaldo and Jeter legendary single lifes

 

[freeze16172002]

11 hours ago, nsxguy said:

Brady.

 

Only 16 games a year and (mostly) protected from harm by the NFL/officials.

 

Yeah, I'm lazy. 

And a model wife that is worth 2x your wealth

[MtlJeff]

Golf to me would seem the most appealing lifestyle wise. Football probably second. 

 

Hockey, baseball and Soccer require a lot of travel. You're basically always on the road and you don't control your schedule. 

 

Golf there is a lot of travel but you get to control it if you are at Tiger's level. He was playing 20 events a year in his prime. Plus a few of those were in his home state so it's not that big a deal. Golf it's easy to bring your kid or GF too as it's a solo sport

 

Football would probably be second. As mentioned there's less health risk as a QB. Plus only 8 away games per year.

[Hawkeye77]

Always golf.

[tw_focus]

TW, it's not even close. And if you want to talk about babes then it's TW, not even close.

[bscinstnct]

If it was football, gotta go with LT

 

QB is nice but footballs appeal, let’s all face it, is the violence. And nothing captures the essence of the controlled violence and super human physical ability like the linebacker job. 
 

LT was the best defensive player in the history of the game.

 

And before anybody chimes in with comparisons, here is Bill Belichick in 2018,

 

“Now, wait a minute," Belichick said. "We’re talking about Lawrence Taylor now.

Yeah, I’m not putting anybody in Lawrence Taylor’s class.

So, you can put everybody down below that. With a lot of respect to a lot of good players now, but we’re talking about Lawrence Taylor."

 

This is the best...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by bscinstnct

[MtlJeff]

8 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

If it was football, gotta go with LT

 

QB is nice but footballs appeal, let’s all face it, is the violence. And nothing captures the essence of the controlled violence and super human physical ability like the linebacker job. 
 

LT was the best defensive player in the history of the game.

 

And before anybody chimes in with comparisons, here is Bill Belichick,

 

“Now, wait a minute," Belichick said. "We’re talking about Lawrence Taylor now.

Yeah, I’m not putting anybody in Lawrence Taylor’s class.

So, you can put everybody down below that. With a lot of respect to a lot of good players now, but we’re talking about Lawrence Taylor."

 

This is the best...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Too many health risks when it comes to CTE and stuff for me to want to do that 

 

If you want violence and fame, a mob hitman would be an equally good career.  Lots of violence,  your travel is typically paid for. You rarely go to prison as you can snitch , and then a movie gets made about when you are in your 60s.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by MtlJeff

[cdnglf]

I didn’t know who Brady is, so I had to look him up. Member of a former WWE 24/7 Champion’s entourage. That sounds fun!

 

[BobMorris]

3 hours ago, One Putter said:

Tiger is the correct answer. I thought this was a golf website.

 

Actually it's a Tiger website...but that's neither here nor there. 😉

Edited December 27, 2020 by BobMorris

[BobMorris]

1 hour ago, tw_focus said:

TW, it's not even close. And if you want to talk about babes then it's TW, not even close.

 

I dunno about the babes part of this equation. I think I'll take Jeter's castoff's over Tiger's. Tiger had quite a few that I wouldn't think twice about placing in the skank category. Jeter pretty much went around with the cream of the crop.

[Nels55]

What about retired middle class hack who golfs nearly everyday and essentially has no life?  

 

I win!

[soregongolfer]

4 hours ago, freeze16172002 said:

Messi is married

 

 

He is married, Ronaldo and Jeter legendary single lifes

 

Jeter's married with two kids.

 

2 hours ago, BobMorris said:

 

I dunno about the babes part of this equation. I think I'll take Jeter's castoff's over Tiger's. Tiger had quite a few that I wouldn't think twice about placing in the skank category. Jeter pretty much went around with the cream of the crop.

He's obsessed with Tiger.  As for babes, Tiger's extracurriculars were all dogs.  Surprisingly so.  Jeter did quite well.  Jessica Alba comes to mind.