Sportsmen?

"Everyone favors the underdog" goes and adage. Apparently, in fact most definitely it is not true. So i sit and wonder why have i always liked the favorite? Do i take refuge in the fact that my the guy whom i support won more time than losing? Let us talk sport!

I would like to think that it is because i like perfection and the champion is closer to perfection than others. The kind of players that i have liked over the years (Roger, Sachin, Alonso, Shevchenko etc..) have all been the best of their era. However, there are may champs that i dont like ( Agassi, Hamilton, Ponting, etc.). To be honest, i hate these guys.

I for once tried being a freakonomics style nerd and look for the connection. Suddenly i knew it was obvious. I like ed a champion who was also a good sportsperson. The same thing separates Roger Federer from Andre Agassi which separates Tendulkar from Ponting: the former in both cases are sportsmen who never forgot the spirit of the sport. The latter fell to controversy and made a lot of uncalled for and distasteful remarks over their careers.

But then i like a certain Michael Schumacher and a certain Diego Maradona too. Perhaps some people have too much charisma to be ignored.