Jordan's "Flu Game" might be the most overrated moment in sports history.

perfect for when trying to look "heroic"

So i saw this story on barstool.  Dealing with the ridiculous Public Health Advocacy Institute wanting the gatorade commercial about michael jordans famous "flu" game be banished because it promotes unhealthy behavior - namely playing sports while sick....

KFC, who i usually agree with, went on and on about how this "is one of the best sports moments of all time.".. .and how " Its was the single best competitive moment from arguably the best athlete ever"

to quote KFC: For sure not.

The Public Health Advocacy Institute request to take down that commercial is an utterly ridiculous request... but its because Jordan was faking his flu. or at least the seriousness of his condition.  



 some killer acting chops from jordan here. just a textbook, nuanced performance. even better that his role
in space jam. acting along side carttons is tougher, but there was much more passion in this performance.

Listen, i am admitted jordan hater. While I fully acknowledge he is the greatest hoops player to ever walk the earth,  i hated him during his prime because the knicks were often the victim of his brilliance...  what made it worse was the (justifiable) non stop gushing by the entire f'n planet over how good he was... seriously, watching the knicks play the bulls when you know they would never beat them four times in a series, but at the same time hoping they would was probably the most frustrating sports experience of my life.

But this flu game? i am sorry, this game was so overly done by the NBA and NBC i thought it was obvious to everyone what a joke it was. Jordan was either hung over or had the sniffles... this nonsense that he was on deaths doorstep with pneumonia is one of the most manufactured loads of crap professional sports has ever heaped upon america... but because it was jordan, everyone ate it up.

so we asked mike to ham it up a little... big deal!

remember this is the NBA.... the same league that gets routinely called out for fixing the 1985 lottery, that was extremely fishy with the "retirement" of jordan two seasons after this, and was caught employing officials who were betting on games they were working.... i mean, come on! asking jordan to "act sick" while "leaking" information that he had a high temperature - this was the easiest con in the history of the league...and it was on NBC! hello! charles van duren!!!

15 years later and the only thing i may have changed about my opinion is that i now thing gatorade was in on this fix.  i mean, look at that commercial! drink gatorade, and amazingly you won't feel the effects of the flu! i mean, jordan was playing as if he DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE FLU! Wow this gatorade must be a magic elixer!

limited edition jordan "flu game" action figure.

You know what... just like ron burgundy, "Heck, I'm not even mad; that's amazing"... serioulsy - this should get kudos across the board. From stern, to jordan, to gatorade, and NBC... this con job was so expertly done even rob morrow and his horrendous boston accent could not have proven it.


but make no mistake, the flu game probably was jordans greatest performance - oscar worthy, even... it just was not his best basketball game.