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When it comes to professional sports, there is one main controversy surrounding them; whether or not athletes should be considered role models. A role model is defined as “a person who serves as a model in a particular behavioral social role for another person to emulate (www. ... ” Athletes are there to play sports, nothing more, nothing less. ... People can control their actions on the playing field by cutting pay or fining the athletes, but off they cannot. ... Though the life style they live is what children can and should strive for, they should not look to these athletes as role models and heroes. ... Athletes should only be role models on their perspective playing field. When Charles Barkley said, "I am not a role model," I became his biggest fan. ... In this famous commercial, Barkley shares with us a few important things: first, just because he’s a basketball star doesn’t mean he should raise America’s kids; two, he is not a role model; and three, parents are the ones who should be role models. Coming from a professional athlete, this helps you to realize that when athletes step onto the playing field they are only thinking about one thing, winning. ...
When I see what people think of these athletes, the thought brings me back to my own personal experience, that memory has me question anything done in the public eye by anyone. ... Yet, the public at large saw him as a role model. ... Also, that how we perceive these athletes to live on and off the court can be entirely different and not to mention, completely false.
Approximate Word count = 1316
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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