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Message: [QUOTE="Kolumbo, post: 5325897, member: 4613"] Tiger and Jordan - tough call Tiger plays and dominated an individual sport so he had so much more influence than anyone else in the game. I don't think golf compares to the big sports though. I personally don't watch it unless I happen to have the tv on during the final round of a major and there's a close battle. I'm not sure if his success did for golf what many people expected Jordan - simply iconic. I still remember when his sneakers came out and kids were spending over $100. It was insane. Google says they only cost $65 which was still a lot. He came in while legends like Bird, Magic, Dr. J were still playing and still managed to play differently. If you pick #23 for a jersey, everyone knows why The other team sports are more difficult because one player can't carry a team Jeter - He'd be more "influential" if he were more controversial, but it was nature to do everything the right way that makes him such a great role model Kobe - I'd like to throw Kobe in the conversation. He was one of the most popular kids to enter the association straight from high school, signed at 17 years old. The tragic deaths of Kobe and his daughter Gianna. So sad Ohtani - he was mentioned but I don't think so. Incredible talent, sure. But I've barely seen him play and people who don't follow baseball probably don't know who he is. Changing media also probably hurts his popularity [MEDIA=youtube]b4Vw8Bq13BI[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]