Tattoo of an athlete

[Alexandoy]

Do you think that the tattoo is getting popular because of the athletes wearing them? I remember Dennis Rodman of the NBA, he was one basketball player with a fully decorated body, so many tattoos and I if my memory serves me, he also has some tattoo on his face. I noticed in the MMA fighters now, most of them have tattoo and some even are fully decorated from the shoulder down to the feet. They say that movie actors are just following the footsteps of the athletes in having tattoo which means the tattoo is popularized by the athletes.