Many shows run 22 episodes per season, and of late, quite a few shows on networks such as AMC, FX and HBO, among others, only air 13 episodes in a given year. It seems surprising how famous the stars of those shows become, when one considers how little time they spend on the screen.
Since I'm a Montreal Canadiens fan, I think of the players, over twenty men who travel all over America and Canada to perform in front of enormous crowds not 13 times year, and not 22 times a year, but an insane 82 afternoons and nights throughout every season.
Only soap operas can boast similar numbers in a year, but then again, soap opera stars aren't made to 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.
This puts professional sports in a category all its own, and in my heart, hockey in particular, and even deeper than that, my Montreal Canadiens.
They have to contend with a truly staggering level of fame. If they played well, half the world wants to shake their hands and get their picture taken with them. If they had a lousy game, then the fans will communicate their rage with just as much enthusiasm.
In Montreal, a player must always have a good day. With Twitter, Facebook and other such social media, a player's bad attitude toward the hundredth fan to line up for a picture can turn the crowd against him come game time.
The team pays for publicists and therapists to teach athletes how to behave around the fans, no matter what the situation, but I'm sure some players would trade all their fame for just a little bit of anonymity.
That being said: if you run into your favorite athlete on the street today, just offer him a kind word, and forgive him for being a little bit short, because he might be in a hurry. It doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate you, and don't go building your entire opinion of a person based on your first impression of them. More often than not, you'd be off by a mile.
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.
Since I'm a Montreal Canadiens fan, I think of the players, over twenty men who travel all over America and Canada to perform in front of enormous crowds not 13 times year, and not 22 times a year, but an insane 82 afternoons and nights throughout every season.
Only soap operas can boast similar numbers in a year, but then again, soap opera stars aren't made to 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.
This puts professional sports in a category all its own, and in my heart, hockey in particular, and even deeper than that, my Montreal Canadiens.
They have to contend with a truly staggering level of fame. If they played well, half the world wants to shake their hands and get their picture taken with them. If they had a lousy game, then the fans will communicate their rage with just as much enthusiasm.
In Montreal, a player must always have a good day. With Twitter, Facebook and other such social media, a player's bad attitude toward the hundredth fan to line up for a picture can turn the crowd against him come game time.
The team pays for publicists and therapists to teach athletes how to behave around the fans, no matter what the situation, but I'm sure some players would trade all their fame for just a little bit of anonymity.
That being said: if you run into your favorite athlete on the street today, just offer him a kind word, and forgive him for being a little bit short, because he might be in a hurry. It doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate you, and don't go building your entire opinion of a person based on your first impression of them. More often than not, you'd be off by a mile.
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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