Time Magizine's Most Infuenatial Person in the World - Footballer Lionel Messi

[SalvadorMontenegro]

Somewhat disappointed that I didn't win, but then I realized that I'm going to be People's Sexiest Man Alive and that's much more important.

[TimmyBoston]

My personal hatred of soccer aside, it's quite sad that the most influential person in the world is any athlete.

[Obsessed]

it's quite sad that the most influential person in the world is any athlete.

Absolutely.

[Kevan]

Little girls play soccer matches all the time. In fact, it's one of the most popular sports for school age girls.

But they don't play american football.


The debate is pointless anyway, everyone knows that the best conditioned athletes in the world are boxers and mixed martial artists anyway.

I won't let you get away that easily. You're seriously comparing pewee soccer to pro? Nah, you can't be. I can't see why you would even be in the corner of NFL players, considering the amount of play-switching and stoppages in an NFL game compared to a soccer game, where the average player runs 6-10 miles in the course of two 45-minute halves.

Agree with you about boxers being the most conditioned athletes. I think that's generally referenced as the "fittest" of sports. Don't know anything about MMA conditioning. Not a fan of watching it.

[RazoRock]

it's quite sad that the most influential person in the world is any athlete.

I'm a big soccer fan and I love watching Messi, he is truly amazing... but, I agree with you.