Matt Leinart's agent Chuck Price said recently that Vince Young and Leinart are actively trying to be the next Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Two friends that have a rivalry with eachother. Call me skeptical but I don't see this happening. Bird and Magic are icons that come around once in a lifetime. All the stars were aligned with Bird going to Boston and Magic to Los Angeles. Arizona and Tennessee just don't conjure up the same glitz and glamour. Also Young's and Leinart's teams don't even play eachother this season. The only way they would meet would be in the Super Bowl, and my football picks may be off a bit, but I wouldn't bet on those two teams making it. Bird and Magic also saved the NBA and brought it to the forefront of sports. The NFL is already the biggest and baddest of all the leagues, so it doesn't really need saving. I think it was a cute idea by two up and coming stars, but in reality the only thing Vince and Matt have in common with Bird and Magic is that one is black and the other white, but who knows, rivalries have been built off of far lesser things than that.
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