Originally Posted by
sharkshooter
Just trying to understand here...
You liked when F1 was all Ayrton, but not when it was all Michael. Is it that your hero was gone, and you were unwilling to elevate the successor to hero status?
In every sport, there are the stars. When they are in their prime, they are the centrepoint of the sport. As examples, Senna, Schumacher, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Magic, Bird, Nash, Ruth, Bonds, Gretzky, Lafleur, Orr, Sorenstam, McEnroe, etc.
If you don't like the star, you lose interest in the sport. Perhaps you like the person, not excellence at the sport.
Personally, I wish the media would be less inclined to publicize details of the players personal lives. It draws people to a "hero" rather than a "star". I like watching a golfer playing greatly. I was a Greg Norman fan (and am very excited that I may get to see him (on TV) play in the AT&T). Does that mean that I lost interest when he succomed to back problems and his playing time decreased? No, because, I learned to like watching good golfers. Am I happy that he divorced his wife and got together with Chris? No, but, that does not affect my admiration for the game of golf, nor my consideration of the caliber of player he was in his prime.
Just my $0.02 as an amateur psychologist.