It Is Hard To Be Famous in Sports
The average television series airs 22 new episodes per season. As of late, networks like FX and HBO have 13 episode seasons. For that reason, I'm quite amazed at the level of fame attained by the lead actors of those shows, considering how little we see of them.
Having been a hockey fan my whole life, specifically a fan of the Montreal Canadiens, I find myself thinking of these 25 men who travel all over the US and Canada to perform in front of enormous crowds. They don't do it 13 times a year, and not 22 times, either. They hit the ice 82 days each and every year.
Only soap operas and newscasts boast similar numbers in a year, but then again, soap opera stars and news anchors don't perform in front of some twenty thousand screaming fans on a regular basis.
Musicians can spend years on tour, playing five gigs a week, playing hundreds of shows in the span of twelve months, and sometimes in some pretty massive venues. However, their concerts aren't all filmed and televised, to be seen my millions of folks.
So pro sports end up in their very own category, and as a Habs fan, I sometimes wonder how they can cope with the fame.
The amount of fame they're made to contend with is staggering. If they've had a good game, half the world will want to congratulate them. If they had the misfortune of having a bad night, for whatever reason, then the fans' rage will be communicated with equal enthusiasm. I'm surprised not more of them burn out!
In the city that hosts their team, their home turf, they can't have a bad day. With communications being what they are in today's world (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), a player's bad day toward the fiftieth fan to beg for an autograph can literally turn a nearly deadly public eye on that player come game time.
Of course, they players have psychologists and publicists to teach them how to behave around the hungry denizens - on or off the ice - but on some days, the bad ones, I'm sure some players would trade it all for a bit of peace and quiet.
Now the next time you run into an athlete you like, just be nice to him. Forgive him if he's not in the best of moods. Remember he's got his own life and problems, and offer a kind word. He might be in a hurry, so it doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate your support. If you base your opinion of him based on that short meeting, you'll probably be way off target.
The players on our favorite team, no matter what sport we're talking about, are important for a reason: they inspire us, and they do their best to be model citizens. Most of the time, they're pretty amazing at it, too.
Having been a hockey fan my whole life, specifically a fan of the Montreal Canadiens, I find myself thinking of these 25 men who travel all over the US and Canada to perform in front of enormous crowds. They don't do it 13 times a year, and not 22 times, either. They hit the ice 82 days each and every year.
Only soap operas and newscasts boast similar numbers in a year, but then again, soap opera stars and news anchors don't perform in front of some twenty thousand screaming fans on a regular basis.
Musicians can spend years on tour, playing five gigs a week, playing hundreds of shows in the span of twelve months, and sometimes in some pretty massive venues. However, their concerts aren't all filmed and televised, to be seen my millions of folks.
So pro sports end up in their very own category, and as a Habs fan, I sometimes wonder how they can cope with the fame.
The amount of fame they're made to contend with is staggering. If they've had a good game, half the world will want to congratulate them. If they had the misfortune of having a bad night, for whatever reason, then the fans' rage will be communicated with equal enthusiasm. I'm surprised not more of them burn out!
In the city that hosts their team, their home turf, they can't have a bad day. With communications being what they are in today's world (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), a player's bad day toward the fiftieth fan to beg for an autograph can literally turn a nearly deadly public eye on that player come game time.
Of course, they players have psychologists and publicists to teach them how to behave around the hungry denizens - on or off the ice - but on some days, the bad ones, I'm sure some players would trade it all for a bit of peace and quiet.
Now the next time you run into an athlete you like, just be nice to him. Forgive him if he's not in the best of moods. Remember he's got his own life and problems, and offer a kind word. He might be in a hurry, so it doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate your support. If you base your opinion of him based on that short meeting, you'll probably be way off target.
The players on our favorite team, no matter what sport we're talking about, are important for a reason: they inspire us, and they do their best to be model citizens. Most of the time, they're pretty amazing at it, too.
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