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Re: His Airness

Date:5:01 pm Tue Mar 21, 1995
Number:#36
From:Apocalypse
Base:Sports
To:Fat Tony
Subj:Re: His Airness
A> Grant is great...he's obviously got phat skilz...but in comparison to
A> Jordan's personality they're not the same at all. People hardly realize that
A> Jordan is acclaimed as the league's best trash talker, and his flamboyance,
A> his showmanship is the key to his fame....I mean, hundreds of player perhaps
A> have his skill but it's the way he shows them off that is his
A> success....just look at Deion in football. Grant is not very flamboyant, and
A> I think the big sponsors have noticed that already. Grant is the perfect pro
A> athlete, unfortunatly however, that is not what sells. :(
FT>
FT> I don't know about that, he is doing Chevy ads already, and has been on
FT> Letterman! :) He is wicked, he has one wicked personality to. He's not co
I know, but really. Can you say that Chevy is a big time flagger of media
time? How many people really care about Chevy ads?

"Like a rock, our sales were falling!" :)

FT> Letterman! :) He is wicked, he has one wicked personality to. He's not co
FT> and that's what people like. Jordan is the perfect seller, cuz off the cou
FT> he's so nice, but you hear stories about what he says to the others on the
FT> court and you wouldn't beleive that it's the same guy. Grant rules, he blo
FT> Shaq out of the water.. Shaq is a freak of nature and is popular cuz he ha
FT> one wicked agent.
No kidding...Shaq is 100% sell out now. Jordan had charisma, and I think
people might just go for the "choir boy" image of Hill...

...a p o c a l y p s e ...

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A> Grant is great...he's obviously got phat skilz...but in comparison to        
A> Jordan's personality they're not the same at all. People hardly realize that 
A> Jordan is acclaimed as the league's best trash talker, and his flamboyance,  
A> his showmanship is the key to his fame....I mean, hundreds of player perhaps 
A> have his skill but it's the way he shows them off that is his                
A> success....just look at Deion in football. Grant is not very flamboyant, and 
A> I think the big sponsors have noticed that already. Grant is the perfect pro 
A> athlete, unfortunatly however, that is not what sells. :(                    
FT>                                                                             
FT> I don't know about that, he is doing Chevy ads already, and has been on     
FT> Letterman! :)  He is wicked, he has one wicked personality to.  He's not co 
I know, but really. Can you say that Chevy is a big time flagger of media       
time? How many people really care about Chevy ads?                              
                                                                                
"Like a rock, our sales were falling!" :)                                       
                                                                                
FT> Letterman! :)  He is wicked, he has one wicked personality to.  He's not co 
FT> and that's what people like.  Jordan is the perfect seller, cuz off the cou 
FT> he's so nice, but you hear stories about what he says to the others on the  
FT> court and you wouldn't beleive that it's the same guy.  Grant rules, he blo 
FT> Shaq out of the water..  Shaq is a freak of nature and is popular cuz he ha 
FT> one wicked agent.                                                           
No kidding...Shaq is 100% sell out now. Jordan had charisma, and I think        
people might just go for the "choir boy" image of Hill...                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
...c a l y ...