Mo,OFF TOPIC, MOSTLY (NBA) >>>"The entire NBA is better with Jordan
AND the other players. The competition makes him and others even better."
Yes, of course, you have to have other players to compete with Jordan and the Bulls. However, I'm going to make a case based on history, that superstars are more important than the game itself. The NBA, without superstars, could shrivel and ultimately die. It seemed to be happening in the late 70's...no superstars except Julius Erving (Doctor J). Another problem was that there were a lot of player related drug problems, and attendance was shrinking by the year. Along came Bird and Magic and they saved the league. They may have been more important than the rest of the league, like Babe Ruth in baseball after the Black Sox scandal. When Michael retires, I don't know. There is no one close in the wings to take over.
You could make a case that the superstars of CPU chips and software are more important than the industries they represent themselves to this country. Break up or seriously impede Intel (haven't heard anything remotely resembling this), for example, and maybe you'd leave them suddenly more vulnerable to foreign competition. Microsoft, not so much, as the Japanese haven't made any inroads in software. But, who needs another reason for the Japanese and Koreans to make inroads and further damage the U.S. trade balance. To help out a couple of companies that can't get their yield/reliability problems solved in over a year? What happened to Charles Darwin?
Tony
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