am i the ONLY one picking up on the fact that R10C is NOT referring to Michael Jordan?

Not a loser, just not the person I want my students to model their choices after. In my opinion that is part of my defintion of a champion, but on and off their respective field of play.

But again, I state just my opinion. There is no correct or incorrect answer.

Maybe I am emphasizing the wrong traits/values he shows. But when all the kids constantly remind you of how he is a "stoner" or make jokes about him having the "munchies" during subway commercials, it leaves a somewhat sour taste. I just have other individuals that I think are better ROLE MODELS that I would push my student/athletes to model their choices after. However, the OP did ask which is the better champion so I guess I am off base regardless on this thread ha.

PS - I'd honestly prefer that cigarettes were illegal, and pot was legal. I find smokers to be annoying, smelly, and unrepentant litterers.
Pot smokers are just mostly mellow.

Redgrave stands 1.95 metres (6 ft 5 inches) tall. In his prime, he weighed more than 100 kilograms (16 st; 220 lb). His primary strength was in sweep oared rowing, where he has the distinction of being one of the few oarsmen to have won Olympic Gold rowing both bowside and strokeside (starboard and port). He also enjoyed success in indoor rowing, winning the World Championship for Indoor Rowing in 1991.[9] He was also a successful single sculler winning the Wingfield Sculls five times between 1985 and 1989, but not quite a world champion class single sculler.
From 1991 onwards, Redgrave, and the crews in which he rowed, became renowned for their consistent dominance. They set themselves apart from many other internationally successful crews by winning almost every time they raced. Indeed, the very occasional lapses in this winning run, such as the Lucerne regatta in 2000, were regarded with surprise by both the rowing community and the press.
For much of his career, Redgrave battled against severe illnesses. In 1992, he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (although he had continued to train for a considerable time prior to diagnosis). In September 1997, Diabetes mellitus type 1 was added to his list of ailments. Through careful management, however, he was able to continue training right up to the Sydney Olympics.[10]
In addition to his Olympic medals, Redgrave won 9 gold medals, 2 silvers, and a bronze at the Rowing World Championships. His 14 total Olympic and World Championship gold medals is unsurpassed by any other rower in history, although later equalled by his long-time rowing partner Matthew Pinsent.

And to add to that - Jordan is a perfect roll model. He is everything we need in a current hero. I can not recall a single scandal. He is very pro-education. Lance is a douche bag by all accounts. Phelps is just a flash in the pan for all practical purposes. Jordan I would have to say is the best guy in 20 years in sport.