I see your point. But here is why I identified with this caller's
comments....
I think the essence of the callers' comments were that there are thousands
upon thousands of fans that considered Earnhardt "their guy". Kind of like
a city embraces their sports team. The difference, of course, being that
the fan base is spread through out the country. Take away that "guy", or
that team, and your left with a bunch of lost souls (myself included),
looking for a new rooting interest. For diehard fans of Earnhardt, I
imagine that's not an easy task, and could be impossible.
Glen
>Not to be disrespectful to #3, but that is a terrible analogy.
>If a professional sports team was completely lost, there would be a far
>greater impact on that particular sport. Dale Earnhardt did not have a
city
>or town that he was tied to, (like a pro sports team), who will be left
>without a franchise. If the LA Lakers were all killed in a plane crash,
the
>NBA would be altered in that the amount of teams would go down and it would
>cause imbalance and scheduling issues. Without Earnhardt in the field each
>week, some other driver will now have the chance to race and compete.
>The loss of Earnhardt is significant, but he was getting up and age and
>would eventually retire. Pro sports teams don't retire and go away. It's
>not really even the same thing.
>I think the MJ comparison is as close as you can get, when trying to
compare
>this loss to the major professional team sports.
>> On a local sports radio show today, the question was asked, "How did
Dale
>> Earnhardt measure up in his sport as compared to the greats in other
>> sports?" Many folks called in saying that Dale was the "Tiger Woods" or
>> "Michael Jordan" of the Nascar community.
>> One caller, however, seemed to really nail it. He equated the loss of
>> Earnhardt to the loss of the entire New York Yankees, or the entire
>Chicago
>> Bulls team of the '90's. Earnhardt was one of 40 some odd "franchises"
>that
>> people routed for (or against) every Sunday. His loss is devastating to
>his
>> family, the sport, and the entire motor-sport community (if not the
entire
>> country).
>> To echo the sentiments of others....Sunday afternoons will never be the
>same
>> again.
>> Glen
