Sports Daily: Are Two Sports Stars Possible Anymore?

[RaychelSnr]

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Bo knows baseball. Bo knows football. Bo wants Russell Wilson to know he should stick to football.

The quarterback of the Super Bowl Champion Seahawks may be feeling like a new challenge awaits with the Texas Rangers after already reaching the pinnacle of the NFL world, but one of the greatest two-sport athletes of our lifetime is calling for an audible.

According to CSNChicago, Jackson stated:

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<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="alt2" style="border:1px inset"> "Twenty-five or 30 years ago when I did it, I'm not trying to say anything negative about other athletes, but the talent pool wasn't that deep. In this day and age, with all the high-tech training, computer-engineered workouts and the proper food and diet, if you try to concentrate on two sports, I guarantee you're going to ride the bench in both because the talent is that deep. Stick to whatever sport you're comfortable with and let everything else go." </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Obviously it's Wilson's career and he can do with it what he chooses. But is it any coincidence that we're 19-years to the day when Michael Jordan returned from one of his retirements? Dual-sport stars are a rare breed and professional athletes tend to burn with an Alpha Dog desire to be the best -- something Wilson may find hard to turn down when comparing his youth to the prospects of a baseball career.

Sound Off: Should Russell Wilson pursue a career in baseball or stick to the NFL?

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[WaddupCouzin]

With football being an all year sport at this point, with OTA's and what not, I just don't think you would have the time to devote to Baseball, If you're a football player.

[oldman]

I just noticed this, I thought a ton was 2000 lbs?

[jmik58]

@oldman ... it is. My fingers didn't type what my brain was wanting to say -- should say over half a ton.

[gsize19]

Russell is a gifted athlete, if he can do it, at a player for a spot, he is obviously the best option for that position, so what hold him out? Some people are just such gifted athletes, I see nothing wrong with two sport professional athletes. To reach that pinnacle, you have to be good, bottom line. I hope he does it, and makes it... But would be cool if he could do it in Seattle. I would have liked to have seen Neon Deion as a Bengal while he was a Red...