This special privilege is due to a concerted effort by the players behind the basketball players, that is, the basketball leagues' owners and sponsors.
In no small part, of course, it is, but other leading athletes with equally commendable skills or who have performed attention-grabbing antics rarely reach the stratospheric level of stardom that basketball players enjoy.
And on the basketball side, in addition to the players, we have coaches, we have athletic trainers, we have doctors, physical therapists, um We have people who work the games themselves.