I can’t IMAGINE the outrage if HGH were ever sent to Tom Brady’s house. It’s such an insane situation with Manning that just got swept under the rug. Brady would be crucified and run out of the league, team fined, coach suspended and fined.
I think the MJ thing is too tough a comparison to make - his whole Bulls career was 4 years shorter than where TB is at right now. He won 6 in 8 years...that’s like if TB won #6 in 2008 and went away. I think the length of time the run continues for matters. Also MJ always had a keen eye for his public image, but it would have been impossible for him to live as he did in today’s media/social media ecosystem. He lived under the greatest microscope ever for a guy in his era, but he lived like a mother****er and had plenty of people ready to protect him, and no one with cell phone cameras to stop him. Except maybe those mob guys that got him suspended.