Ritchie Paul angrily retorted: Jordan was not bombarded by 24 hours of public opinion, some people make money by hacking James

Recently, LeBron James' agent Rich Paul was fully active in the "The Rich Eisen Show", pointing out the huge gap between Michael Jordan and James in the public opinion environment.

He pointed out sharply: "In Jordan's era, there was no uninterrupted news reporting cycle of 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, and there was never a program specially created to criticize him. But now, people make millions of dollars by criticizing LeBron James - that's all their work! "

Ritchie-Paul's speech pointed out directly at the deformed ecology of contemporary sports media:

Jordan era (90s): The media is relatively conservative, and criticism is limited to post-match analysis, and no social media amplifies the controversy.

James Times (2000s to the present): ESPN, Twitter, and podcasts analyze every word and every decision around the clock, and even lead to the "black James industry" (such as Skip Bayless makes high traffic by making it).

Paul emphasized: "Jordan has never faced such intensive scrutiny. His career was almost carried out under the media's protection. LeBron has been placed under a microscope since he was 18 years old. "

In addition, Ricci Paul also alluded to the existence of Jordan's public image, saying that he rarely speaks on social issues (such as Trump's controversy), but has not been criticized by public opinion.

"When LeBron did charity and ran a school, people said he made a show; Jordan's charity was almost unmentioned. " Paul added, "This double standard proves that his situation is much more difficult than Jordan. "

However, although some people have gained a lot of traffic by damaging James, on the contrary, James has achieved counter-trend growth in business value in the controversy.

Despite the controversy, his endorsement fee rose from $35 million in 2010 to $92 million in 2024. Brands such as Nike and Coca-Cola even packaged his "controversiality" as "topic marketing."