Old Head: Was OJ Simpson a star like Lebron is now?

[Stuntone]

Trying to figure out what would be the present day equivalent of an ex sports star killing his wife?

 

[Taadow]

First name that comes to mind that might even be in the same realm is Deion Sanders.

 

[Stuntone]

First name that comes to mind that might even be in the same realm is Deion Sanders.

So if Deion Sanders was to kill his wife, you think it would be as big in the news?


You would've thought OJ was the Pope or a Saint. But the racial element amplified it all.


What if Eddie Murphy killed his white Model?

 

[Taadow]

So if Deion Sanders was to kill his wife, you think it would be as big in the news?


You would've thought OJ was the Pope or a Saint. But the racial element amplified it all.


What if Eddie Murphy killed his white Model?

Oh - I thought we were just talmbat sports dudes.

Eddie is a bigger star than OJ was, doe.

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

I'm not an old head but it's not even close. Seems like a difficult thing to really put into context but OJ was a crossover cultural phenomenon before social media, before ESPN, before 24 hour news networks, and before the internet. Fame on another level.

Dude was basically colorless and loved by both blacks and whites. He was a transcendent figure who played America's most popular sport. He was handsome, charismatic, witty, photogenic, all that.

Lebron basically a lame try hard who can dunk that ball good and makes solid business decisions.

Yea, it's not even close.

OJ taking over this David Letterman interview, dude basically made Letterman into a fukking fanboy:


Six and half hour documentary on him:


Andy Warhol Photo

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

So if Deion Sanders was to kill his wife, you think it would be as big in the news?


You would've thought OJ was the Pope or a Saint. But the racial element amplified it all.


What if Eddie Murphy killed his white Model?

Breh, this is what I'm saying. American's don't have that type of reverence when it comes to deities, but we worship the hell out of sports superstars.

OJ was that guy.

Oh - I thought we were just talmbat sports dudes.

Eddie is a bigger star than OJ was, doe.

Debatable.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Oh - I thought we were just talmbat sports dudes.

Eddie is a bigger star than OJ was, doe.

Debatable.

But eddie is known worldwide




I don't think I could day say that about oj pre trial

 

[Kalik]

OJ was big.

As a kid he was in Comedy movies, like Naked Gun. On TV commercials....

It would be someone like Michael Strahan. A brother they thought was safe.

 

[Paradise50]

white folks LOVED OJ until he "killed" them cacs



honestly I can't think of a negus cacs loved the way they loved OJ....I mean I'm only 29 so he was already retired and still getting tons of love



edit: Now that I think about it I don't think cacs have ever idolized an athletic negus that way since OJ ...them killings changed everything. I would say Tiger Woods was maybe close to that level cause even his cac haters still respected the hell outta him before his personal life got exposed

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

i forgot all the film industry stuff OJ did. at first i was coming in this thread to say nah but thinking about it again makes me think twice (redundant, i know)

 

[filial_piety]

More like Michael Strahan.

Lebron is a mega star, OJ wasn't that big but he was a star.

He's a little before my time though

 

[KravenMorehead™]

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[richaveli83]

Like others said the only one comparable would be Michael Strahan. I wasn't alive during his playing days so I only knew him from his movies and the Hertz commercials. It was almost overnight the way white people turned on OJ when the murders happened.

 

[Taadow]

OJ was big.

As a kid he was in Comedy movies, like Naked Gun. On TV commercials....

It would be someone like Michael Strahan. A brother they thought was safe.

Michael Strahan is a good call...but still OJ was bigger than him.

OJ was a Heisman Winner, yo. He had the notoriety that comes with that...
And he excelled at in his pro career...and he became an entertainer after that.


Matter of fact - as I type this, I had a flashback:

When The Simpsons was first coming on TV, they had an ad in the TV Guide.
It had a picture drawn of The Simpson Family with their names next to each one -
and then they drew O.J. to the side and said something like "O.J. is the forgotten Simpson".

 

[Tom Foolery]

I never put much thought into it until now, but OJ maybe the goat athlete/actor