The sports world is rife with superstitions. From Wade Boggs daily ritual of eating chicken prior to every game to every non sensical fan who thinks they have a lucky ______ (insert item here) that they think has an effect on the game. There are also some well publicized curses. The Curse of the Bambino, the Madden Cover curse (watch those knees Peyton Hillis) and the Sports Illustrated Cover curse. Well, now I'm going to add another curse to the long list.
If you want to remain a successful athlete, do not endorse Gillette razors. Let's take a look at what has happened to each of these three athletes since endorsing Gillette.
Federer: Lost his number 1 ranking to his long time rival, Nadal. He has won only one major in the last 18 months and has fallen to number 3 in world rankings. Most recently lost to a scrub named Jo Wilfred Tsonga after having a 2 sets to none lead in Wimbledon. Also lost to Nadal once again in the French final.
Woods: Got divorced and had to recover from a major knee injury. He hasn't won a major in 3 years and is currently injured again forcing him to miss the US Open and likely the British Open as well. Also, he got outed as a sexual deviant (if you ask the ladies) or if you ask the guys, just a normal dude.
Jeter: Had the worst season of his career in 2010 and has followed up that performance with an even worse half season thus far. He is currently on the disabled list for the first time since 2003 and is struggling to get back.
Tom Brady has no problem winning in Gillette Stadium.
ReplyDeleteCurrently, Tom Brady is a pussy whipped asshole who is more concerned with looking like a member of the cast from "Twighlight" (because his wife likes it that way) than winning rings.
ReplyDeleteThat is a different curse Brady has fallen prey to.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it has less to do with endorsing a razor and more to do with the type of people Gillette chooses to promote it's product.
ReplyDeleteYou're forgetting about Thierry Henry. He was one of the best soccer players in the world when he did a gillette commercial with those guys and now he plays for the New York Red Bulls, which is what great soccer players do when their careers are basically over.
ReplyDeleteI've always sucked.
ReplyDeleteWhat's soccer?
ReplyDeleteTo Blacky: Soccer, like hockey is banned from being discussed on this blog. But yes, he does support my theory.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are such typical American jerks. You don't understand the finer points of the beautiful game that is soccer. My head is up my ass.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are such pussies! You can't fight in your sports. In hockey, we just put you in a box for a couple minutes when you fight. And we don't enact a new rule about hitting a guy every season like your NFL.
ReplyDeleteOh goodie, I thought my sport was banned from this blog. I can't wait to post my predictions about what the players will be wearing at the U.S. Open in a couple months.
ReplyDeleteI was dying to post on the real U.S. Open. Expect daily updates on British Open and some special features on the proper way to walk on the links.
ReplyDeleteNext winter, when you guys have no other sports don't come crying to me.
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