It's crazy how short a leash today's players got compared to the 90's

[BlackAchilles]

Back then you had Deion Sanders skipping training camp every year to play another sport, and then playing in the World Series during the season

Active players wrestling in WCW:





Cuttin gangsta rap albums:



... Compare that how much they strip them of their personality and expect them not to have outside interests today In a way shyt was just way more fun then

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

this is real shyt though

 

[thenatural]

Lol, nikkas really were getting into wrestling rings

 

[Da_Eggman]

They make more money now don't gotta do much outside shyt

 

[Floyd Pinkerton]

League revenues, salaries and everything that accompanies that have increased dramatically in the last 25 years. It's called protecting your investments.

 

[PortCityProphet]

dog when was the last time an athlete cut a rap album?
back then everybody was droppin, now all we get is damn state farm commercials.

 

[UserNameless]

low key powerful thread

 

[WhenWeWereKings]

This thread legit brought a smile to my face. You are right tho

 

[SchoolboyC]

dog when was the last time an athlete cut a rap album?
back then everybody was droppin, now all we get is damn state farm commercials.

I think Iman Shumpert dropped a mixtape like a year or too ago, if that counts

I won't be shocked if Dame Lillard releases an album or mixape

 

[Box Cutta]

I mostly blame ESPN and social media....

...every little thing is diced, dissected, analyzed, hashtagged, and fukking bled dry these days.

 

[HarlemUSA]

I miss the two sport athletes on a professional scale...the athleticism had me like

 

[mr. smoke weed]

dog when was the last time an athlete cut a rap album?
back then everybody was droppin, now all we get is damn state farm commercials.

Doesn't KD rap? Didn't Sjax make a 'fukk the lockout' song? Crazy ron??

 

[Brosef]

at that first vid, contracts these days would be scrapped if athletes got it in like that

and as corny as Shaq is now, dude back then was THE true athlete/entertainer being a a dominant center while rappin with Biggie and wrestling in the WWF

 

[IGSaint12]

I mostly blame ESPN and social media....

...every little thing is diced, dissected, analyzed, hashtagged, and fukking bled dry these days.

This is it really. You can't have much "personality" outside of your sport without it being discussed to death for 24 hours a day. That's why Jordan is still idolized by a lot of white people today when back then he would of been a villain worse than lebron.

 

[$$$HotBoyRonald$$$]

dog when was the last time an athlete cut a rap album?
back then everybody was droppin, now all we get is damn state farm commercials.

does John Cena count?