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That's not at all how it works. Golf is what it is today because Tiger Woods was unstoppable. Basketball exploded in the 90s because Michael Jordan was untouc
by tw04 5y ago
That's not at all how it works. Golf is what it is today because Tiger Woods was unstoppable. Basketball exploded in the 90s because Michael Jordan was untouchable.
Sports categorically do BETTER when they've got a massive superstar. Both because some people tune in to see what amazing, unbeatable performance they put out, and because some are dying to see them choke and lose. This is literally no different, Biles could try one of these moves and break her leg and be out of the competition, she's absolutely beatable even doing moves the others can't. It's all about execution.
- 1-more 5y agoRonda Rousey's annus mirabilis in 2015 made women's MMA and MMA in general explode. And you know what the biggest thing for that was? When Holly Holm figured out how to defend against her arm-bar and beat her with striking! Maybe someone will start drilling heretofore "impossible" moves and rise to the occasion.
- travisjungroth 5y agoI think it's way less likely someone will upset Biles in the same way. Gymnastics is indirect competition, so there's no rock-paper-scissors aspect like MMA.
- 1-more 5y agoyeah the whole competing against the platonic ideal of the movement thing does sort of hamper a 1:1 comparison.