Sporting Stuff 003: Successful men don't watch sports?

"Successful people don't watch TV or sports."

Do rich men really not participate in sports? Or is it just a salty statement from people who are not really into it? It was the first time I heard of that statement, I was itching to find out if it was true.

I was chatting with a friend today and learned of the term " Rich men don't watch sports" .

"I guess that explains why I'm not successful." I said with a tongue in cheek.

I'm a sports fan, I am a Manchester United fan, I watch Badminton and Basketball. Give me whatever sports you can find and I'll be able to appreciate the beauty in it. I love sports! I guess that was why that statement kind of scared me a little bit, I love sports, I also want to be successful. But I don't want to choose!! :0

I decided to find out.

Surely there are a few successful people out there who do watch sports!

Google.

I dug into the internet, I was a man on a mission. Truly enough it's a famous saying but surely this statement can't be accurate. I struggled to find an article that debunks it, usually you find two sides of a controversy, but unfortunately I couldn't find substantial facts on the internet.

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Like any research, there has to be a limit, the range of a research. Many successful people in sports are rich but because the statement is so contrary to the whole sporting niche, this light research will omit people in sports because... they just don't fit the reason why I'm doing this research.

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Secondly, the term successful people will omit most celebrities. Now that does not mean celebrities are not successful, but realistically to give normal hustlers like me hope. The people that I consider "Successful" will have to come close from a lower to middle class society who made it big.

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1. Jerry Seinfeld

So i said no celebrity actors, but Jerry Seinfeld the iconic comedian was quite the hustler in honing his craft and paving his way to success, but he's also known for being the biggest supporters of the New York Mets.

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2. Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban being a fierce entrepreneur is passionate about making business. With various investments and a TV show Shark Tank, he still finds time for his passion. So much so that he bought his passion, being the owner and sort of the sub manager of the basketball team the Dallas Mavericks. His investments and his passion for the sport eventually did pay off as they did win an NBA Championship in 2011.

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3. Tony Fernandes

The big man of Airasia is no stranger to sports as his passion for sports led him to a controversial decision to purchase a footbal club " Queen's Park Rangers".

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“Yup, I’m an addict,” he says. “Not so much to football as QPR. I was invited by my friend Roberto Carlos to go to Wembley for Spurs against Madrid and I said, sorry Robbie really I’m not interested. I’d rather watch QPR’s Under-18s than the World Cup final. I live near Loftus Road, walk to the ground on matchdays, and there’s nothing I enjoy more afterwards than going to the pub on Shepherd’s Bush Green and having a pint with the fans. I’m a one-woman man: I only love QPR.”

4. Warren Buffet

Not a stranger for his hustling in the stock market industry, you can read about his fun side here. Occasionally turning up for Cleveland Cavalier games.

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So yea, it's a pretty small percentage of successful people in the field of sports. But then maybe it's just priorities, maybe it's not so much that they don't watch sports but rather they don't have the time? Then again if you don't have time to watch sports don't have time for the things you love to do in life... Does that mean that you became "successful" in life?

What do you think about this list? Do you agree with the statement? Pop a comment and let me know what you think! :)

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