Considering athletes influential often overstates their importance, but in the case of Didier Drogba, Time may have accurately identified one of the world’s most influential people.
Didier Drogba Finds Deserved Spot in Time 100
Time Magazine has announced its annual list of the world’s most influential people: The Time 100. Interspersed amongst the Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Yukio Hatoyama, and Salam Hayyad-esque figures is a soccer player - a real, actual soccer player! - and it’s neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo.
In truth, Didier Drogba may be a bit out-of-his-depth on this list. But is he any more of a sore thumb than Phil Mickelson or Serena Williams?
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