Take three seconds and figure out your favorite athlete. Could be contemporary or could be someone who is long since retired. For that matter it could be anyone in between.
No think about the most important statistics in their particular sport and tell me within a couple digits what their era, scoring average, qbr, or goals per game was?
My guess is you can get pretty close.
Now a second question. Name two of your local state and US representatives or Senators.
If you got to two see if you can name for me their party affiliation and their two most important platforms in their most recent campaign.
Now let me make an important confession. I'm far more likely to tell you Pedro Martinez' career era or Larry Bird's lifetime scoring, rebounding and assists average than I am to get anywhere close to the people representing me in government.
As we get ready to see a Presidential race that will play out over the course of 15 months I began to wonder what is troubling our country. I can still remember being a little kid and hearing of the first million dollar contract. It may have been Reggie Jackson but I'm not sure. What I am sure of is that the average Major League Baseball player will earn more than 4 million dollars in 2015. Lest we complain let's remember that the number is only a reflection of the record number of people and corporations buying tickets or tuning in to tv broadcasts of said athletes.
The simple act of buying a brand name pair of sneakers is helping athletes like Kevin Durant and Lebron James get nine figure contracts with major brands.
Next time you think about complaining about Obama or Congress or your States Governor ask yourself first if you've taken the little bit of time it takes to inform yourself enough to make your own vote count!
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