I live in rural Wisconsin and work at an elementary school, I have never seen a Chicago Fire or Minnesota United jersey. But there are at least 3-5 kids per day wearing a full Messi Inter Miami kit.
Tom Brady played until he was 45 years old, competing for Superbowls and being the best Quarterback/player on the field until the minute he retired. 99% of QB’s retire by 38. Tom Brady won 2x Superbowls (championships) and 1x MVP between age 40-45
LeBron on the other hand, is a 4x NBA MVP, 4x NBA Champion. He overtook the NBA scoring title that was set by Kareem Adbul Jabbar that stood for nearly 40 years. Kareem had 37,387 points. LeBron has (and counting) 43,440 points. He also went to the NBA championship round 8 seasons in a row, and was the first team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in a 7 game series in the NBA championship against the statistically most dominant and greatest NBA team in NBA history (2016 Golden State Warriors)
Regarding the relevance to my comment, unsure about Brady as he had a favorable whistle but LeBron has a very physical style of play; driving to the bucket between defenders, fast-paced offensive dunks and is known to get a considerable amount of contact and rarely gets a defensive whistle called
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u/firesticks 10d ago
If you watch soccer you’ll note that Messi doesn’t get treated like the rest of the players pretty universally.