What is wrong with having an athlete as a role model? Look at them and see what they do. You hear them give thanks to God for giving them this awesome talent. They heap praise on fellow team mates for doing the little things that allow them to be so fantastic. They get into the face of opposing players and stare them down, intimidate each other. Show them up in whatever way they can. Is not this what every parent wants of the kids they raise?
Then look at all they do off the field. Go to bars and nightclubs, getting into fights, carry weapons, they let people know they can do what they want, when they want and how they want. Makes me so proud to see them that way. I do want my kids and grand kids to look up to these guys. They make their parents proud for sure. To have your child look up to a guy that stands up on TV and says that he did not know that a pro football game could end in a tie. This is a quarterback that has been in the league for years. Did not know how the League he plays in deals with ties in the regular season compared to the post season. Then to have a player get into a fight with his team sponsored body guard. Another shoots himself in the leg. (I think there is more to this story.) They start fights on the court, in the field, on the bench. Against the other players, their own team mates and coaches, and then with the fans.
What does this say about us as a society? Look at the breed of youth we are developing in today's world. It seems that there is no respect for anything or anyone, knowing and understanding the rules are not as important as the final outcome. You sure don't have to be smart to be a professional athlete do you? If you are good enough you don't have to go to college, or if you do go then why finish. The all important dollar is waiting for you. That all important buck, The all important spotlight on them. The cash dries up once they stop playing and the light bulb burns out eventually. I don't want to put all athletes in the same category because they are not, but we need to stop looking up to them except for the ability they show on the court or on the field.
Role models I think not. Doing things the way they want, at whatever the expense be to others and with what rules they see fit to use. Thank you Charles Barkley for not wanting to be a role model. That made you more of one than all the other bozos out there. An athlete is nothing more than an entertainer. What good do they do to society as a whole. They make you feel good or bad for a moment. They allow your emotions to run wild for a moment. To root for the winning team or boo the other team. Lets put it all in perspective. If an athlete does something to better society then I will look up to him. And there are many out there that do just that. But you hardly ever hear about them. Its the jerks that make the news and the ones that kids are wearing those jerseys.
Then look at all they do off the field. Go to bars and nightclubs, getting into fights, carry weapons, they let people know they can do what they want, when they want and how they want. Makes me so proud to see them that way. I do want my kids and grand kids to look up to these guys. They make their parents proud for sure. To have your child look up to a guy that stands up on TV and says that he did not know that a pro football game could end in a tie. This is a quarterback that has been in the league for years. Did not know how the League he plays in deals with ties in the regular season compared to the post season. Then to have a player get into a fight with his team sponsored body guard. Another shoots himself in the leg. (I think there is more to this story.) They start fights on the court, in the field, on the bench. Against the other players, their own team mates and coaches, and then with the fans.
What does this say about us as a society? Look at the breed of youth we are developing in today's world. It seems that there is no respect for anything or anyone, knowing and understanding the rules are not as important as the final outcome. You sure don't have to be smart to be a professional athlete do you? If you are good enough you don't have to go to college, or if you do go then why finish. The all important dollar is waiting for you. That all important buck, The all important spotlight on them. The cash dries up once they stop playing and the light bulb burns out eventually. I don't want to put all athletes in the same category because they are not, but we need to stop looking up to them except for the ability they show on the court or on the field.
Role models I think not. Doing things the way they want, at whatever the expense be to others and with what rules they see fit to use. Thank you Charles Barkley for not wanting to be a role model. That made you more of one than all the other bozos out there. An athlete is nothing more than an entertainer. What good do they do to society as a whole. They make you feel good or bad for a moment. They allow your emotions to run wild for a moment. To root for the winning team or boo the other team. Lets put it all in perspective. If an athlete does something to better society then I will look up to him. And there are many out there that do just that. But you hardly ever hear about them. Its the jerks that make the news and the ones that kids are wearing those jerseys.