Shaq vs. All
Shaq is going to be taking on top pro athletes at their own sport for a new reality show called “Shaq VS.” According to USA Today, filming begins Wednesday in Pittsburgh, where Shaq takes on Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger in football. Other episodes will put him against Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya, slugger Albert Pujols, tennis pro Serena Williams and beach volleyball Olympians Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.
I don’t know what the producers or Shaq were thinking, since when is Shaq the greatest athlete in the world. Shaq is long past his prime and even when he was could not compete in these sports. Depending on how they set up the vs. matches I don’t see him winning any of these. I mean Shaq playing baseball? Are you serious? The ball would be like a golf ball to his hands and I doubt he can hit anything over 70 mph. Pujols would have to be blindfolded for him to even have a chance. Now I think Shaq would be able to play football, but in this show he is going against a quarterback not a linemen like he should, meaning he is probably going to have to throw the ball. Again, don’t see him beating a pro bowl QB in that unless there are rules helping him. Shaq swimming against Phelps? They better give him a big lead in a short race. About the only sport I could see him winning on the show is beach volleyball. I mean he towers over the net and can easily just spike the ball down or block them at the net. I assuming here he gets a teammate.
Boxing is another one he should win just because of his size. If he did lose to De La Hoya, then he would lose all his credibility to fight, recently said he wanted to fight Brock Lesnar and Hong Man Choi in MMA. Overall I might watch some episodes just to see how the setup of the show is. I can see ABC throwing in plenty of rules so Shaq could actually compete with these athletes. I mean they can’t just have him getting beat every week. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
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