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Message: [QUOTE="RuffRuff, post: 5358868, member: 1268"] All sports are better - the athlete is simply better due to info/tech/fitness and specialization, and globalization. It’s just that their personalities are far more boring. Show me today’s Iverson. Ron Artest? What we don’t have is all the juicey narratives, the regional rivalries, the old school detest for you rival. All the stuff that makes it more entertaining. Players don’t have as much grit or chip on the shoulder anymore, they were brought up through club teams. The Cam Spencer’s are few and far between. Data and analytics has also lead to things like load management, which lessen the quality of the reg season. MLB talking about realignment regionally which could make things very interesting that way. But the aspect of rivals barely exists anymore. Do Sox players truly hate the Yanks anymore? Do they take on their fan base? I don’t really see it. Everyone is afraid of being a bad viral on SM these days. Players don’t have edge. Quality is up, personality is down. [/QUOTE]