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Homecoming

A 120*53 yard green field, U-shaped goals spaced 18 feet apart, a whistle, 4 quarters of 60 minutes, 11 players on the field, a 30-man coaching staff, a 46-man roster, hundreds of sideline staff, tens of thousands of spectators cheering in unison, tens of millions of people watching from the sidelines, hundreds of millions of dollars in commercial sponsorship, this is just an ordinary football game weekend.

The winner gains both fame and fortune and takes everything.

The losers are sad and have nothing.

All

or

Nothing?

As a man who appears in multiple newspaper pages covering sports, entertainment, finance, business, technology, and culture, his public image is undoubtedly complex.

Those who love him say that he is the savior of the football field, the pioneer of commercial sports, the pioneer of Wall Street, the harvester of Hollywood, the godfather of Silicon Valley, an old friend of lobbying groups, and a beneficiary of two financial crises.

In the eyes of those who hated him, he became "a team bully with no professional ethics", "an unscrupulous opportunist", "the heir to Hugh Hefner's legacy", "an alien from Area 52", "a broker from K Street", and "a lackey of a media group".

"Ethan O'Connor is an absolute winner, both on and off the court." - TIME

120*53码的绿茵场，18英尺间隔的U型球门，一声哨响，4节60分钟，11名场上球员，30人教练组，46人大名单，上百位场边工作人员，上万现场观众的齐声呐喊，数千万人在场外的持续关注，数亿美元的商业赞助，这只是再平常不过的一个橄榄球比赛周末。
胜利者名利双收，通吃一切。
失败者黯然神伤，一无所有。
All
or
Nothing？
作为一个出现在体育，娱乐，财经，商业，科技、文化多个报纸版面，他的公众形象无疑是复杂的。
爱他的人，说他是绿茵场救世主、商业体育开创者、华尔街拓荒牛、好莱坞收割机、硅谷教父，游说集团的老朋友、两次金融危机受益人。
而在恨他的人口中，他成了“毫无职业道德的球队队霸”“不择手段的投机主义者”“休·海夫纳衣钵继承人”“52区外星人”“K街的掮客”“传媒集团的狗腿子”

“不管是场上还是场下，伊森·奥康纳都是绝对意义上的赢家。”——《TIME》