Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a sports greats could come back and play in their league at this moment in time? Imagine Jim Brown, Michael Jordan, and Babe Ruth just to name a few playing against future hall of famers. How would they match up? Would they be as good as they were back then? Would they be better or worse? We really can’t know. With how the rules have changed, depending on the sport, I almost think they would be better. In baseball they couldn’t compete because the rules haven’t changed much. In other sports, players are protected more from hits and fouls than could put them out for a few weeks or possibly end their careers. Especially quarterbacks, just like we saw this year in the NFL, would be able to rack up the numbers easier and more efficiently to receivers that pretty much have free roam over the field. It would be interesting to see if Earl Campbell could run over defenders such as Ray Lewis, Clay Mathews or Patrick Willis. Same would go for Dr. J and Wilt Chamberlain going against Lebron James or Dwight Howard. The new up and coming athletes will be compared to these current athletes instead of the original legends most of us grew up only seeing highlights of not being able to witness their glory during the time of their rein. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out. Who will we remember from our generation as the “greats” from each sport?
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